S Storm

S Storm is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese crime action thriller film directed by David Lam and starring Louis Koo, Julian Cheung and Vic Chou.[2][1] It's the second film in the Storm film series, following 2014's Z Storm. It was released in China by Huace Pictures on September 14, 2016[1] and in Hong Kong on September 15, 2016.[3]

S Storm
Poster
TraditionalS風暴
SimplifiedS风暴
MandarinS Fēng Bào
CantoneseS Fung1 Bou6
Directed byDavid Lam
Produced byRaymond Wong
Screenplay byWong Ho-wah
Story byDavid Lam
StarringLouis Koo
Julian Cheung
Vic Chou
Ada Choi
Bowie Lam
Dada Chan
Janelle Sing
Music byAnthony Chue
CinematographyKenny Tse
Edited byPoon Hung-yiu
Production
companies
Pegasus Motion Pictures
My Pictures Studio
Shanghai Jiaxi Cultural Communications
Distributed byHuace Pictures (Tianjin) (China)[1]
Release date
  • September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14) (China)
  • September 15, 2016 (2016-09-15) (Hong Kong)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryHong Kong
China
LanguageCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeCN¥209 million

Synopsis

While he is tailing a Jockey Club football betting trader in his investigation, Principal Investigator William Luk (Louis Koo) of the ICAC witnesses the murder of the trader by a lone assassin (Vic Chou). Inspector Lau Po-keung (Julian Cheung) of the Crime Unit is assigned to the murder case and got nowhere with Luk's testimony as Luk refuses to disclose anything pertaining to his own investigation. Another classic run-in between the Police and ICAC is in the making.

When the Police investigation leads to someone called Teacher (Lo Hoi-pang), the biggest player who controls the illegal bookmaking on football betting in Hong Kong, Terry Lun (Bowie Lam), the Security Manager of the Jockey Club is murdered. While Lau is in hot pursuit of the assassin, the assassin escaped the first time by using Lau's sister, Ebby (Dada Chan).

The hired hit is ordered by Big Boss, the mastermind behind an international crime syndicate who manipulates football matches in Europe, to kill Teacher. Big Boss's partner is Ha Chi Yin (Shek Sau), one of the directors of the Jockey Club who is the shoo-in candidate as the next Chairman. Two disciplined forces embarked on the case with mutual distrust ended up with rapport and understanding to uproot the crime syndicate...

Cast

Special appearance

Guest appearance

Reception

The film grossed CN¥209 million at the Chinese box office.[1]

Sequel
Main article: L Storm

The film is followed by a sequel, L Storm, released on 23 August 2018 in Hong Kong

References
  1. "反贪风暴2（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. "反贪风暴2 S風暴 (2016)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  3. "Film review: S Storm – Julian Cheung, Louis Koo in frivolous graft-buster sequel". South China Morning Post. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
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