Cold War(Movie, 2012)

Name: Cold War
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 2012
Duration: T01:42:00
Rating: 3.3

Original title: "寒戰" (Chinese (Cantonese)/CN)

1h 42min | Genres: Action, Thriller

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 71 votes)

Cold War is a 2012 Hong Kong police procedural action thriller film directed by Sunny Luk and Longman Leung, starring Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka-fai, and guest starring Andy Lau. The film was selected as the opening film at the 17th Busan International Film Festival and released in Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China on 8 November 2012. The film's title, Cold War (寒戰), is derived from the code name used in the police operation where the plot of the film evolves. The film won nine awards including Best Actor, Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards. The film has a sequel, known as Cold War 2. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Cold War

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film

About Cold War

Five police officers in Hong Kong are kidnapped. The police commissioner is on a business trip overseas. Two vice commissioners, Sean Rau and M.B. Lee, then take over the case. The two vice commissioners are rivals who both vie for the police commissioner seat. At first, M.B. Lee takes the lead in the case, but comes to a dead end. Sean Lau then takes the lead, but he falls into a trap. Both men are then investigated by the ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).

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Trailer for Cold War + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Cold War - Trailer(Trailer, 1:05)

Additional Information

Production country: Hong Kong

Shot in: Hong Kong

Plays in: Hong Kong

Made by: Edko Films, Irresistible Films, Irresistible Delta

Original language: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN)

Spoken languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), English (EN)

Translated into 18 languages: Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 11/08/2012

Cast: Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Andy Lau, Charlie Yeung, Chin Kar-lok, Terence Yin, Andy On, Aarif Rahman, Eddie Peng, Ma Yili, Alex Tsui, Byron Mann, Willie Wai, Joyce Cheng, Eric Li, Gary Chan, Michael Wong, Tony Ho, JJ Jia, Gordon Lam, Jeannie Chan, Grace Huang

Director: Sunny Luk, Longmond Leung Lok-Man

Producer: Ivy Ho Wan-Ming, Mathew Tang

Screenwriter: Sunny Luk, Longmond Leung Lok-Man

Film Editor: Kwong Chi-Leung, Wong Hoi

Director of Photography: Kenny Tse, Jason Kwan

Composer: Peter Kam

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"寒战"

"寒戰 (2012)"

"コールド・ウォー香港警察堕ちた正義：2012"

"寒戰 (2012)"

Keywords: police corruption, police convoy

4 movies in the Cold War Collection

2000 Cold War ("冷战")

2012 Cold War

2016 Cold War II ("寒戰 II")

2023 Cold War III ("寒戰 III")

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