Check out his resume online as a director or producer if you are interested in films with original ideas that are brilliantly executed. Nov 15, 2012 a solid, visceral action flick from hong kong maestro johnnie to, du zhan drug war delivers on audience expectations. When hong kong crime noir goes to china in johnnie tos drug. But i cant help but think that there is a grittier, nuttier version of drug war lying in the corner of johnnie tos desk that is stamped rejected, namely the version of the story that he didnt get to make. Docu on dutertes drug war to be shown in new york human rights. Evil cannot triumph in a movie made in china, but drug war s ultimate scene nonetheless manages to astonish, revealing both chois character and the nature of mainland justice. Hong kong may be a bit hitandmiss, but when it hits.
Police procedurals are nothing new to director johnnie tos body of work, but what makes drug war unique compared to something like ptu or expect the unexpected which he only produced. Drug war theatrical trailer 20 johnnie to movie hd drug war directed by johnnie to and starring louis koo, honglei sun, yi huang a drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into. Johnnie tos new crime movie drug war is getting a fair bit of buzz as it gets a theatrical release in the us this weekend. Chinese cinema strikes again with another solid effort. Drug war theatrical trailer 20 johnnie to movie hd a drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation. Today, netflix has debuted a hardasnails look at the upcoming fourth season of the biographical crime drama that chronicles the mexican drug war that began in the 1980s. When hong kong crime noir goes to china in johnnie tos. The latest featuring drug cartels and border battles is sicario, out in limited release september 18. A man is saved after his meth lab explodes by the cops and is then turned into a snitch by a greedy captain to get the bigger fish.
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This film about cops and drug dealers in china is a lot like a story set in the old west with outlaws and lawmen engaged in gun battles. Feb 17, 2014 belterz via istocksalon 4 of the best movies about americas ludicrous war on drugs these brilliant films offer new insight into the marijuana debate currently taking center stage. Jul 19, 20 hotdog hong kong action stylist johnnie to has never achieved the cult status of john woo in this country, but his explosively entertainingand startlingly splatterydrug war should win him. Cartel war free full movie action crime undercover. Mdma the movie provides a vision for a more rational drug policy that recognizes the reality and permanence of recreational drug use in society. Drug war is an action packed chinese thriller and drama.
Jul 29, 20 johnnie tos new crime movie drug war is getting a fair bit of buzz as it gets a theatrical release in the us this weekend, and deservedly so. Watch juarez mexico full free maverick movie subscribe to us now about maverick h. Skepticism is natural, as much of milkyway images crime filmography would not work under the assumed sarft rules. Hard news 012314 king targets the banner saga, seedlunky hd, and yaiba delayed by two weeks hard news clip. Jul 26, 20 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing drug war near you. With steven bauer, elizabeth pena, miguel ferrer, benicio del toro. Theatrical trailer a drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation. Jul 03, 20 drug war theatrical trailer 20 johnnie to movie hd a drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation. The film stars sun honglei as police captain zhang, who partners with a drug lord named timmy choi after choi is arrested. The mule is a 2018 american crime drama film produced and directed by clint eastwood, who also plays the lead role. Rejecting shame and stigma, it offers practical, lifesaving alternatives to zerotolerance approaches that only exacerbate drugrelated harms.
Drug war theatrical trailer manufacturing just fifty grams of meth in china will earn you a death sentence, and timmy choi loui. The screenplay, by nick schenk, is based on the new york times article the sinaloa cartels 90yearold drug mule by sam dolnick, which recounts the story of leo sharp, a world war ii veteran who became a drug courier for the sinaloa cartel in his 80s. A solid, visceral action flick from hong kong maestro johnnie to, du zhan drug war delivers on audience expectations. There probably is a point to all this conflict that is lost. Jul 26, 20 while it takes a while to come to a full boil, drug war is an atypically grim gangster film from the typically inspired hong kong filmmaker johnnie to. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Anarchy 99 has a biochemical weapon named silent night, missing since the fall of the soviet union, and nsa agent augustus gibbons believes the only way to get close is to recruit an agent that would not have any ties to the united states. Apr 04, 20 the final product is probably more telling of chinese film censorship than of tos directorial sensibilities. The top 10 ultimate drug cartel movies the war on drugs makes great fodder for drama and adventure at the movies. An nsa mission to collect information on anarchy 99, a mercenary group of former russian soldiers goes awry when the agents identity is discovered. This is the theatrical trailer for mongol, directed by sergei bodrov.
Agent enrique kiki camarena who, while stationed in guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in northern mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the mexican government. Released july 26th, 20, drug war stars louiskoo, hongleisun, huangyi, lijing the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a score of 86 out of 100 on metacritic, which. Sep 11, 2017 there have been many movies made about the illicit drug trade and law enforcements effort to stamp it out. Evil cannot triumph in a movie made in china, but drug wars ultimate scene nonetheless manages to astonish, revealing both chois character and the nature of mainland justice. Drug war movie 20 watch drug war 2012 moovieso drug war movie 20 drug war movie 20 johnnie to. The current war theatrical trailer 2019 video dailymotion. Reaching far beyond drugs, it provides us with an image of an economy trapped in the need to keep spending simply to be able to keep spending. The movie was written by kafai wai, naihoi yau, ryker chan and xi yu. At first, drug war looks like an extraslick, and gratuitously meanspirited police procedural. It stars louis koo, honglei sun, yi huang and ka tung lam.
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