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La Guerre des Cartels

Titre original : So duk
  • 2013
  • R
  • 2h 20min
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La Guerre des Cartels (2013)
Three lifelong friends working in the Hong Kong Police Department's Narcotics Bureau get caught up in a case with Southeast Asia's most powerful drug lord, but when the sting operation fails, they are forced to make a devastating decision - two can live, but one must die. Five years later, the two vow revenge for their fallen friend, but when they end up competing against each other for their own lives, will brotherhood be sacrificed again?
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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA devastating dilemma changes the fate of three cops when an undercover operation against a notorious Thai drug lord goes horribly wrong.A devastating dilemma changes the fate of three cops when an undercover operation against a notorious Thai drug lord goes horribly wrong.A devastating dilemma changes the fate of three cops when an undercover operation against a notorious Thai drug lord goes horribly wrong.

  • Réalisation
    • Benny Chan
  • Scénario
    • Elliott J. Brown
    • Benny Chan
    • Ram Ling
  • Casting principal
    • Ching-Wan Lau
    • Louis Koo
    • Nick Cheung
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,6/10
    3 k
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    • Réalisation
      • Benny Chan
    • Scénario
      • Elliott J. Brown
      • Benny Chan
      • Ram Ling
    • Casting principal
      • Ching-Wan Lau
      • Louis Koo
      • Nick Cheung
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    • Récompenses
      • 4 victoires et 23 nominations au total

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    Ching-Wan Lau
    Ching-Wan Lau
    • Ma Ho-tin
    • (as Sean Lau)
    Louis Koo
    Louis Koo
    • So Kin-chow
    Nick Cheung
    Nick Cheung
    • Cheung Tsz-wai
    Hoi-Pang Lo
    Hoi-Pang Lo
    • Eight-faced Buddha
    Quan Yuan
    Quan Yuan
    • Chloe Yuan
    Ting Yip Ng
    Ting Yip Ng
    • Wong Shun-yik
    • (as Ng Ting-Yip Berg)
    Wai-Kwong Lo
    Wai-Kwong Lo
    • Bobby
    • (as Kenneth Low)
    Ben Lam
    Ben Lam
    • Hak Tsai
    • (as Lam Kwok-Pun)
    Helena Law
    Helena Law
    • Tsz-wai's Mother
    • (as Lan Law)
    Chris Collins
    • Lead Mercenary
    Bure Li
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    Treechada Petcharat
    • Mina
    • (as Poy)
    Vithaya Pansringarm
    Vithaya Pansringarm
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    Marc Ma
    Marc Ma
    • Dune Kun
    Damian Mavis
    Damian Mavis
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    Craig Miller
    Craig Miller
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    Hugo Tsz-Hang Wong
    Hugo Tsz-Hang Wong
    • Monkey (Kun's Gang)
    • (as Hugo Wong)
    Siu-Kay Lee
    Siu-Kay Lee
    • Kei (Informer)
    • (as Siu-Kei Lee)
    • Réalisation
      • Benny Chan
    • Scénario
      • Elliott J. Brown
      • Benny Chan
      • Ram Ling
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    7grandmastersik

    A throwback to the HK glory days

    When John Woo's, The Killer, was all the rage, when Ringo Lam's, Full Contact, was the best film I'd ever seen and long, long before Korea took the crown of best action films made in Asia, Hong Kong was the go to place to get your kicks.

    Thankfully, people like Benny Chan are still in town, so not only did we get the rare instance of a superior remake with his, Connected (orig. Cellular, USA), back in 2008, but now I've discovered this gem from 2013, which is simply made for fans of Hong Kong's golden era, right before Britain's hand-over.

    When three buddy cops go on a mission to bust a drug lord in Thailand, common sense gets ignored (or they wouldn't have even been there in the first place) and they soon suffer for it. Fast forward five years and an unexpected event leads to a chance of revenge...

    Yes, I'd definitely recommend this one! Sure, it has its faults, but if you're a red blooded man into heroic deeds, men bonding without the implied subconscious homo-erotica crap that Hollywank inflicts upon its viewers, and you like your action in abundance, then give this film a chance.

    And if you're unfamiliar with Hong Kong's glory days of action cinema, you might even rate this higher than I did.
    6moviexclusive

    Never as compelling as it should be, this increasingly tedious exercise in excessiveness is redeemed only by three strong lead performances

    How often do you get the chance to see three of Hong Kong's most charismatic male actors - Sean Lau, Louis Koo and Nick Cheung - on the big screen together? And just for that very reason, you're probably entitled to go into Benny Chan's crime thriller with high expectations. Yet even though the triumvirate does not disappoint one bit, everything else about the movie set against the backdrop of the fight against illegal narcotics simply comes off underwhelming, so much so that you can't quite help but feel that their combined star wattage is somehow wasted.

    No less than five writers have been credited for the sprawling narrative, which casts Lau, Koo and Cheung as childhood best friends who have since graduated into police officers of the narcotics bureau. Lau plays the de facto leader of the group, the most ambitious and headstrong of the lot, who in his role as Chief Inspector Tin also wields authority over his friends. On the other hand, Koo's Chow has been deep undercover amongst the drug dealing triads for some time now, and since risen amongst the ranks to be Hak Tsai's (Ben Lam) right hand man. But he's also disillusioned, especially with his wife expecting a baby, and wants out immediately.

    Co-written by Chan himself, the script pits Tin against Chow when a sting operation supposed to be Chow's last mission is aborted at the last minute. The higher-ups want Chow to continue undercover so they can bait a larger fish - the infamous kingpin named Eight Faced Buddha (Lo Hoi Pang) of the Golden Triangle – and Tin reminds Chow of his obligation as a police officer to obey orders. Compared to Tin and Chow, Cheung's role as the soft-spoken Wai only becomes clearer at this point - he's the pacifist among the lot, the one urging calm and reason as Tin and Chow butt heads with each other.

    Despite some strong initial reservations, Chow reluctantly accepts his orders to follow Hak Tsai into Bangkok to make contact with the Eight- Faced Buddha via a local dealer (Ken Lo). Needless to say, that operation set in the middle of a dense forested region ends badly - not only does Tin lose one of his men (Ng Ting Yip), he is also eventually forced to make a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea. That impossible moral dilemma at the halfway mark also marks the high point of the movie – not only is it the single most emotionally intense moment, it also marks the culmination of what is easily the most thrilling action sequence of the film.

    Structured as two acts, the close of this chapter with a literal bang also represents the point at which the movie quickly goes downhill. A fundamental twist two-thirds into the film that sees the return of a key character from the dead is clichéd to say the least, not to mention the resolution that plots the trio's final showdown with Buddha at a nightclub in Macau. The character beats hardly make up for the plotting - in particular, every moment meant to be poignant seems to proceed on the mistaken notion that it must be a high strung one, meaning that the characters are consistently forced to confront each other by shouting and jostling.

    Chan's direction here is also to blame. There is absolutely no subtlety to be found here, with Chan finding it necessary at every turn to crank the volume and the intensity of every scene to maximum. Not only does that make for plenty of cringe-worthy melodrama, it also creates too many moments of unnecessary histrionics. The lack of restraint applies as well to the overindulgent plot, which comes off unintentionally amusing at turns for being pure cliché. And nowhere is the excessiveness more apparent than in the final shootout, which aims for the kind of operatic grandeur associated with Johnnie To gangster movies (think 'Exiled') but falls far short by being simply too ridiculous; indeed, the sheer absurdity of that bullet-riddled showdown undermines what credibility the brotherhood-in-peril narrative had left, which ultimately rings hollow.

    Just about the only element - or rather elements - holding the film together are the solid performances of the lead actors. Lau and Cheung prove yet again why they are the best actors of their generation, and despite the film's tendencies, both know absolutely better than to overplay their characters, displaying both nuance and depth in their acting. Koo has, despite his best efforts, never quite been in the same league as his two other male co-stars. His deficiencies as an actor are even more stark - especially in certain scenes where he is called upon to emote, there is a genuine sense that he is trying and perhaps trying too hard.

    It's a thorough pity therefore, that despite gathering some of the best acting talents from Hong Kong, this bombastic narco-thriller fails to be as compelling as it should be. Part of the fault lies with the messy script, lacking in the discipline and focus necessary to distil a gripping story of three friends whose bond of brotherhood is put to the test; while another part of the fault also lies with Chan's distinct lack of awareness for excess, and whether in terms of drama or action, the tone is obstinately over-the-top. It isn't Chan's finest moment that's for sure, and seeing as how there is no shortage of similar thrillers like 'Drug War' or 'Protégé', this latest addition is worthwhile only for being the rare opportunity to watch three of Hong Kong's finest actors share the screen together.
    7ACasualAudienceMember

    Decent crime thriller with a great cast could have been handled better with a director like Wilson Yip or Johnnie To

    "The White Storm 2013" is the first of a trilogy of crime thrillers (the second and third are pretty mediocre). I would have given it a 6.7/10, but I rounded up and got 7. When I first watched it, I was gonna give it a 6/10, but it somehow upgraded by 0.7 points.

    Anyway, summary. The movie is about three cops who have known each other since childhood, and are basically brothers. These three cops are Chow (Louis Koo), Tin (Sean Lau), and Wai (Nick Cheung). Chow is undercover, and ends up getting ditched by his wife (Yuan Quan) because of it. He's incredibly mad at his fellow brothers-in-arms, but is forced into a mission in the Golden Triangle to take down a notorious Thai-Cantonese drug lord named Eight Faced Buddha (Loi Ho Pang). The operation goes sour, and when Eight Faced Buddha resurfaces in Hong Kong, the three have to put the botched mission aside and work together to take him down.

    The story itself is pretty good. The three stars are also very talented. It's a nice throwback to the heroic bloodshed era of the '80s Hong Kong films. The morals of the characters colliding with each other keeps your attention gripped for long enough, and the three protagonists are pretty fleshed out. But I'm gonna be honest, the direction was a bit...questionable.

    Don't get me wrong, Benny Chan is a solid director. His final film, Raging Fire (with the goat Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse), is an incredibly, high-stakes, tense, no-nonsense police thriller with some amazing action sequences, combined with a compelling protagonist and a badass and equally compelling antagonist. However, the White Storm...doesn't tick all the boxes Raging Fire had. Sure, the gunfight scenes were pretty solid, and some of the drama feels legit, but there's a good deal of cheese in it as well. I like the ideas of portraying a friendship right before it dies, but this...this doesn't work. The "Shi Yao Ru Dao Shan," in this movie is pretty campy. There's also the rather comical and unserious presentation of the villain. He's more of a joke. Compare that to Ngo from Raging Fire, who is sympathetic yet also menacing, Hon Sam from Infernal Affairs, who is efficient and calculating, Fung Sei from the Killer, Wong Po from SPL, and so forth. I'm also gonna have to mention the final part of the White Storm was rather confusing. I don't wanna spoil, but you'll find out if you watch the movie.

    I'm going to be honest, The White Storm is still a solid crime thriller that is worth your time. The action sequences are well directed for sure. But it would have achieved it's full potential with a director like Wilson Yip, who would have made the movie more somber and dark, or Johnnie To, who would have made the movie even more tense and thrilling. In the end, it's a good movie, and is for sure better than it's mid sequels, but it's not as good as "Infernal Affairs," "Raging Fire," "Drug War," "SPL: Sha Po Lang," or the "The Killer 1989,"
    5gerrythree

    The White Storm: More A Video Game Than A Crime Story Movie

    "The White Storm" is a totally unreal movie about three Hong Kong narcotics cops trying to bring down a big time drug dealer. Director and co-writer Benny Chan should stick to directing. Chan's previous movie, 2011's "Shaolin," was a very well made movie that held your interest throughout. "The White Storm" is mainly a series of gunfights, very well choreographed but totally unreal. More a video game shoot-em up than a movie. In the middle of the movie, the HK cops are in Thailand to trap the drug lord. During an ensuing gun battle, the bad guys bring in a helicopter fitted with a mini-gun that blasts away at everything. For me, that was the high point of the movie, just mindless destruction with no shallow dialog from the three buddy cops. Benny Chan does a much better job as director when he works with Jackie Chan. For his next movie, Benny Chan should team up again with Jack Chan and leave the writing to others.
    7dsntxst

    Entertaining - if a bit over-the-top - throwback to 80s HK cinema

    There is no shortage of Hong Kong films dealing with undercover cops deep in the mire of drug-trafficking gangs. And there also isn't a shortage of these films that focus more on the aspect of brotherhood rather than on the actual task of bringing the drug lords to justice. So what - if anything - makes 'The White Storm' stand out from the pack? To be honest, not a great deal - but that doesn't mean you won't be entertained and have some fun along the way.

    In the finest tradition of 80s HK crime cinema, 'The White Storm' drips sentimentality and brotherhood right from the get go: undercover cop Kin-chow (Louis Koo) has been on the inside of a powerful drug-running gang for years and, with a baby on the way, is keen to get out. His fellow team members and childhood friends Ho-tin (Ching Wan Lau) and Tsz-wai (Nick Cheung) know they are close to getting their man and need Kin-chow to stay put. But when the opportunity comes up for the Hong Kong Police to fry an even bigger fish, the three friends find themselves in an explosive situation that will push their loyalties and friendship to the limit.

    So a fairly standard plot as far as these things go but the three leads do a good job of wringing the most out of it. Despite some overly melodramatic moments - which seems to come with the territory in these kind of films - each of the leads gets enough of an opportunity to shine as their story arcs are padded out (and speaking of melodrama, a quick mention for the performance of Hoi-Pang Lo as the bad guy. It's as cliché and hammy as anything but somehow appropriate). Whilst the narrative feels a bit over long and gets dangerously close to being overly convoluted, you do feel enough of an attachment for each of the characters to follow them through on their journey. Some tightening up of the script would have paid wonders here.

    But the story provides an adequate vehicle for some entertaining action set pieces. It's predominantly guns instead of fisticuffs here and whilst there's nothing that hasn't been seen before, each set piece is choreographed and shot with such gusto that you can't help but sit back and enjoy - even when things get (waaaay) over-the-top. But hey, that's part of the reason we watch these kind of films, right? I usually find Benny Chan's films a bit hit-and-miss because of either some ham-fisted bit of direction, an unnecessary amount of exposition and/or an out-of-place set piece - but here it works as a kind of pastiche of old school HK crime films. Whilst 'The White Storm' doesn't reach the heights of classic 80s HK cinema, there is definitely some fun to be had if you're in the mood for a good old brotherly shoot out.

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    • Date de sortie
      • 29 novembre 2013 (Chine)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Chine
      • Hong Kong
    • Site officiel
      • iQIYI International
    • Langues
      • Cantonais
      • Anglais
      • Thai
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      • The White Storm: Narcotic
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Bangkok, Thaïlande
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      • Sil-Metropole Organisation
      • Bona Film Group
      • Universe Entertainment
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      • 2h 20min(140 min)
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