Drug War 2012 123movies

Watch: 毒戰 2012 123movies, Full Movie Online – After losing control of his car and crashing into a local restaurant, a man loses consciousness on the street. Later, while working on a case, the police’s anti-drug division captain, Zhang Lei (Honglei Sun), realizes that the man in the crash is drug lord Tian Ming (Louis Koo). In order to avoid the death penalty, Tian Ming helps the police put a stop to the entire drug trafficking circuit, but just as soon as the police are ready to make a large bust, Tian Ming makes a decision that shocks everyone involved..
Plot: A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 10,340
	94% | RottenTomatoes
	86/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 211 Popularity: 13.503 | TMDB

Reviews:

My first Johnnie To film
I have to confess here in Canada I have no previous exposure to films by Hong Kong directors Johnnie To. Obviously he has done good work before but I just did not have the chance to see them. ‘Drug War’ was shown in a local art-house cinema and my like-minded friend alerted me to it.

Well, this was an interesting film experience – a Hong Kong director doing a police/drug dealer drama based in mainland China. Although other fictitious names were used for the cities, it is obvious the final, major shootout took place in a main street in Tianjin, a large city not far from Beijing. And much has been said about the long, protracted shoot-out scene toward the end, done in the John-Woo-ish manner.

I do not know if the version shown in mainland China – apparently the film did well in the box office there – is the same version that I saw in Canada. However, I suspected the China version has to be slightly edited. Still, (Spoiler Alert!) Johnnie To managed to get a film approved for the Chinese audience despite breaking one important rules: four desperadoes gunning down a large number of police officers, male and female. Now this used to be a big no-no in China. The police had to come up on top and the bad guys punished. The mass killing of cops was never presented to any screen in Chinese cinema. And then there is the lesser scene of RMB (Chinese currency) bills being burnt in place of ‘ghost money’ to honour the dead. Now this may just be part of drama but one can also argue about its possible political significance.

All in all, for a cops-against-bad-guys film this is well directed, with action scenes well staged and the cops and criminals well portrayed. There are also finer moments exploring humanity – e.g. a drug dealer’s wife, fatally shot, still struggled to put her high-heel boots back on while dodging bullets. The ending is a tad depressing but is mostly likely closer to reality.

Infiltrating the drug lords – but which side is our man on?
So which side is our man on? That’s the question in this drug mafia movie where the police have found a way to take down a major drug crew, but have to use one of their key arrests to help them. However, who is he playing for and with? This is a clever and ambitious little movie. Well directed and acted, this film takes influence from others in the genre (such as The Wire) but maps out its own story, and it’s really interesting.

The Far East has a rich history of mafia movies, and this isn’t amongst the classics, but that doesn’t devalue it. It still is a fine film, with good directing and acting. Some interesting characters too.

Very much worth watching.

Other Information:

Original Language cn
Runtime 1 hr 47 min (107 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Crime, Drama
Director Johnnie To
Writer Ka-Fai Wai, Nai-Hoi Yau, Ryker Chan
Actors Louis Koo, Honglei Sun, Yi Huang
Country China, Hong Kong
Awards 10 wins & 28 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex 35 BL4, Technovision/Zeiss Super Speed and Cooke Varotal Lenses, Arriflex 35-III, Technovision/Zeiss Super Speed and Cooke Varotal Lenses, Moviecam Compact, Technovision/Zeiss Super Speed and Cooke Varotal Lenses
Laboratory Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna 250D 8563, Eterna 500T 8573)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Technovision (anamorphic) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm, D-Cinema