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Cold War II(寒戰 II)

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Hong Kong, China · 2016
1h 50m
Director Sunny Luk Kim-Ching, Leung Lok-man
Starring Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Chow Yun-fat, Charlie Yeung
Genre Action, Thriller, Crime

Picking up some time after the events in the first movie, Sean Lau is now the Commissioner of Police after the successful rescue operation. However, things turn bad when his wife and daughter are kidnapped. Sean has to seek help from former rival and retired DCP, Waise Lee, to return to his job to help save Sean`s wife and child.

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The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young

The taut pacing of the original is a distant memory here. On a positive note, Peter Kam’s fine, ever-present musical comment effectively pumps up the tension even when the screenplay fails, all the way to its final crescendo.

50

Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein

Although it contains its share of diverting shootouts, car crashes and explosions, this self-serious film mostly evokes a forgettable TV police procedural.

50

Variety by Maggie Lee

Slow to heat up yet quick to burn out, police procedural-thriller Cold War 2 dramatizes internal strife and conspiracy among Hong Kong’s police force and ruling elite, adding some new twists in a narrative framework that ultimately can’t support the film.

75

Washington Post by Mark Jenkins

Although it boasts three crackerjack action sequences, Cold War 2 won’t wow Hong Kong cinema buffs who crave nonstop mayhem. This clever drama features more bureaucratic wrangling than criminal scuffles.

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