P Storm

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P Storm
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Traditional Chinese P風暴
Simplified Chinese P风暴
Hanyu Pinyin P Fēng Bào
Jyutping P Fung1 Bou6
Directed by David Lam
Screenplay byWong Ho-wa
Ho Man-lung
Story by Raymond Wong
Produced byRaymond Wong
Wayne Jiang
Starring Louis Koo
Kevin Cheng
Raymond Lam
Gordon Lam
Chrissie Chau
CinematographyJoe Chan
Edited byPoon Hung-yiu
Music byAnthony Chue
Production
company
Distributed byMandarin Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 4 April 2019 (2019-04-04)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
BudgetUS$10-25 million [1]
Box officeUS$118 million [2]

P Storm is a 2019 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by David Lam, and starring Louis Koo, Kevin Cheng, Raymond Lam, Gordon Lam and Chrissie Chau. The fourth installment in a pentalogy, preceded by Z Storm (2014), S Storm (2016) and L Storm (2018), Koo reprises his role as ICAC principal investigator William Luk, who goes undercover in prison to investigate a case of corrupt prison officers receiving bribes. The film was released on 4 April 2019.

Contents

A fifth and final installment, titled G Storm , began production in December 2019 and is set for release on 31 December 2021. [3]

Plot

Natalie Liu reports second generation rich heir Cho Yuen-yuen to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong) (ICAC) for bribing prison officers for parole. William Luk goes undercover as a prisoner to investigate the case, while being aided by his colleague Kenny Ching, and friend, Joint Financial Intelligence Unit (JFIU) officer Lau Po-keung the outside of prison.

In prison, Luk encounters old rival, Wong Man-ban, whom he imprisoned five years ago. Wong has become a major gang leader within the prison and is bent on seeking revenge on Luk. Prison superintendent Shum Kwok-keung, who accepts bribes from Cho, turns a blind eye on prison scuffles. Fortunately, Luk was able to find assistance from fellow inmate Wong Lam-luk, a well-meaning young man who seeks refuge in prison to avoid high living expenses.

Cast

Reception

Critical

Edmund Lee of the South China Morning Post gave the film a score of 2/5, noting its unrealistic plotting and script. [4] Gabriel Chong of Movie Xclusive gave the film the score of 2.5/5 and criticized the large amount of subplots which lead to superficial characters, but praises the film's action sequences as being more bold than the previous installments of the film series. [5]

Box office

P Storm grossed a total of US$117,991,727 worldwide, combining its box office gross from Hong Kong, China, United States, Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam. [2]

In Hong Kong, the film grossed a total of HK$17,881,248 during its theatrical run from 4 April to 22 May 2019, making it the sixth highest-grossing domestic film of 2019 in the territory. [6]

In China, the film grossed a total of ¥798,863,000 at the box office. [7]

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