6.8
Full Alert
1997
“The most momentous but unacknowledged chapter in the past thirty years of Hong Kong's history”
Where the Wind Blows (2023)
February 5, 20232h 24mCN
5.6
20 votes
Overview
The decades spanning story of two very different policemen who rise to power in Hong Kong during British rule, and end up at odds with both organised crime groups and the anti-corruption unit vowing to bring them down.
Director
Philip Yung Chi-KwongWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Cantonese
Budget
$38.0M
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Mei Ah EntertainmentDadi Film Group
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CinemaSerf
6.0The premiss of this cop drama is quite promising. It depicts a scenario in which the dedication of the few honest officers amongst Hong Kong's colonial police have to combat both their own crooked comrades as well as the increasingly powerful Triad gangs that are gradually overrunning the place - to the extent that the British might have to send in their troops to restore law and order. What also complicates the story is that both "Nam Kong" (Tony Leung) and "Lui Lok" (Aaron Kwok) are aspirational policemen who are prepared to use whatever it takes to get on - and that, coupled with the equall…
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