Shock Wave 2

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Shock Wave 2
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Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 拆彈專家2
Simplified Chinese 拆弹专家2
Literal meaningBomb Disposal Specialist 2
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin chāi dàn zhuānjiā 2
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping caak3 daan2 zyun1 gaa1 ji6
Directed by Herman Yau
Written by
  • Herman Yau
  • Erica Li
  • Eric Lee
Produced by
  • Andy Lau
  • Alvin Lam
  • Esther Koo
  • Calvin Choi
Starring
CinematographyJoe Chan
Edited byAzrael Chung
Music by Mak Chun Hung
Production
companies
  • Universe Entertainment
  • Focus Films
  • Infinitus Entertainment
  • Alibaba Pictures
  • Yingming Culture Communication
  • Universe Matrix Century Films Distribution (Beijing) Company
  • AMTD Digital Media
  • Universe Films Distribution
Distributed by
  • Universe Films Distribution (Hong Kong, Worldwide)
  • Gala Film Distribution (Hong Kong)
Release dates
  • 24 December 2020 (2020-12-24)(China)
  • 18 February 2021 (2021-02-18)(Hong Kong)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesHong Kong
China
LanguageCantonese
BudgetUS$40 million
Box officeUS$226.4 million [note 1]

Shock Wave 2 is a 2020 Hong Kong-Chinese action film written and directed by Herman Yau, produced by and starring Andy Lau. The film is a standalone sequel to the 2017 film Shock Wave , featuring a new storyline and characters. In the film, Lau plays a former bomb disposal officer who falls into a coma in an explosion, resulting in amnesia, and becomes a top suspect of a terrorist attack. After being apprehended, he escapes from custody as a fugitive to piece together his identity and the in and outs of the incident.

Contents

The film was first announced on 15 March 2018. [1] [2] Production for Shock Wave 2 began in February 2019 and wrapped up on 8 May 2019. The film was originally set for theatrical release in July 2020, but was later pushed back to 24 December 2020. [3] [4] It has grossed $226.4 million worldwide, making it the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2020.

Plot

In Hong Kong, a mysterious terrorist organization, Vendetta, run by Ma Sai-kwan (codename Maverick) and a mysterious individual known as Blizzard, bombs the region's education bureau, making it the center of the police's attention. Poon Sing-fung, Ma's friend and a former Hong Kong Police Explosive Ordnance disposal officer who lost his leg to a neglected explosive in a rescue mission five years ago, was denied of his career by his superiors in fear of damaging the police' reputation for employing the handicapped. Enraged by their blatant betrayal, he joined Vendetta. Four months later, he is spotted placing a bomb at a hotel by security. Poon is unconscious after the bomb explodes and is now a suspect. He wakes up in a hospital with no memory about what happened, and escapes during an interrogation. Pong Ling, chief inspector of the Counter Terrorism Response Unit, and Lee Yiu-sing, CID Chief Inspector, are assigned to find out who is behind the bombings and the identity of the Blizzard and their supposedly meeting with an individual known as "Davy". Vendetta operatives are sent to the hospital to retrieve Poon but are killed by Lee and his men.

Poon corners Pong Ling after the chaos. She reminds him of his past life after his leg loss, such as being a model officer in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau (EODB), his deteriorating relationship with his superiors, and his slandering of the police forces in a ceremony honoring him. Poon is also told he is the Vendetta member Blizzard. While most of this is true, Pong claims that he joined Vendetta undercover to stop them and reclaim his career. Pong tells Tung Cheuk-man, another EOD officer and Poon's best friend, that when Poon fell into a coma, she hired top neurology doctors to manipulate his allegiance via implanting false memories. Tung is upset with their methods and only plays along as Poon's friend. Pong retorts that this is the best way for the HK supreme court to show Poon mercy after his involvement in the bombings.

Upon receiving a message containing inspiration magazine from Al-Qaeda, Poon meets with Vendetta's leader Ma Sai-kwan and four other members of the group, codenamed Money, Slave, Sniper and Rhino who are all planning yet another attack. Vendetta sends Sniper to place a bomb in the middle of the city, which would destroy a large area by rupturing gas pipelines below it. Tung, Inspector Lee, Pong Ling, and Poon's former co-workers in the EODB, Lun Ting-pong and Chan King-to, are dispatched to the scene. Sniper severely wounds Chan and Tung (who survives in part to his suit's armor). Unable to properly shoot Sniper at range, Pong's squad is forced to find their way around and eventually shoot him dead. Chan dies from blood-loss, despite efforts to save him.

Poon is then spotted talking to Pong by Vendetta, and he later wishes to withdraw. Feeling betrayed, Ma traps Poon based on a board game (Mastermind) in order to force Poon to remember who he is before leaving. Pong and Tung arrive with a squad to save Poon, though they fail initially until Poon recalls Ma's Mastermind combination, allowing Tung to free him at the last moment. Poon tells them Vendetta is planning to bomb the IFC building and the Hong Kong airport, while "Davy" is a tiny nuclear warhead. If detonated, it is of 10 to 20 tons of TNT equivalent and will leave the area irradiated for centuries to come. They then rush to intercept the Vendetta terrorists.

Ma and his men simultaneously raid the IFC and Hong Kong MTR as well as the Airport Express train. He hijacks a train and has his men plant bombs and the Davy Crockett bomb and leaves with the train but not before his men take hostages to slow the police down. Lun and his co-worker Fat Sze managed to defuse the rigged van in IFC parking garage while also killing Money and Slave. Inspector Lee arrives with his team and kills the Vendetta members to secure the area. Lun manages to intercept the other train carrying the other bomb and arranges to ram the bomb train into the water. The plan involves destroying both connections of the Tsing Ma Bridge to sink the explosives, thereby minimizing any collateral damage. Pong and her CTRU teams successfully raid the control station, killing Rhino's men, and he commits suicide.

Poon and Tung arrange for the rigged van to be near a strategic location before arming the bomb. Tung escapes into the helicopter, but Poon insists staying behind as atonement for his involvement in the previous Vendetta terrorist attacks. Tearfully saying goodbye to Pong, Poon sacrifices himself to destroy the bridge. With Lun's help, Ma's train is intercepted by the severed bridge and sinks before exploding moments later, killing him and Poon while sending a shockwave underwater, saving HK from a potential fallout. Tung and Lun mourn Poon's death, while Pong is left in tears wondering if Poon's sacrifice was worth all their efforts.

In the closing scenes, Pong requests one of the neurology doctors to erase all her memories associated with Poon, save for one particular moment. She then flashes back to encountering Poon at a police dinner, where he deliberately spills some red wine on her uniform to catch her eye. [5] [6]

Cast

Theme song

Production

Development

A sequel to Shock Wave was first announced by producer and star Andy Lau during a celebration event for the film on 4 May 2017. [7] [8] On 16 March 2018, Universe Entertainment confirmed this and released a teaser film poster. Lau returned as producer and star while Herman Yau as director. Daneil Lam also announced that production would commence in 2019, and that it would be a standalone sequel with new characters and a new story line. [9] [1] A week later, the film was promoted at the 2018 Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (Filmart), which ran from 19 to 22 March 2018. [2]

Filming

On 8 March 2019 while attending as a presenter for the 25th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award ceremony, Andy Lau revealed that he had begun working on the filming of Shock Wave 2, and appearing in a new hairstyle look for his role in the film. [10] On 11 March, reporters spotted the crew filming a scene around Fa Yuen Street and Golden Fish Street in Mongkok, where director Herman Yau and cast members Ni Ni and Timmy Hung were present. [11] The film held its production commencement blessing ceremony in Kam Tin, Yuen Long on 28 March. The ceremony was attended by director Herman Yau along with cast members Lau, Sean Lau, Ni, Philip Keung, Tse Kwan-ho, Ron Ng, Hung, Kenny Wong, Jerome Cheung and Zhang Yang. [12]

On 30 March, filming of a car explosion scene took place in Temple Street where cast members Andy Lau, Sean Lau, Keung, Ng and Wong were present. Real firefighters and paramedics were employed for the filming of this scene instead of using extra actors [13] [14] On 27 April, filming of a major explosion scene involving Lau dropping a grenade into a sandbag defence place in East Tsim Sha Tsui. A number of police cars, ambulances and an EOD vehicle were used in the scene along with over 50 extra actors. [15] Production for Shock Wave 2 officially wrapped up on 8 May 2019, where a wrap up ceremony was held on the same day at the Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui attended by the cast and crew. [16]

Release

Shock Wave 2 was originally set for release in July 2020, [3] but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was pushed back to 24 December 2020. However, due to cinema closures from 2 December 2020 to 17 February 2021 amid the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, the film's release in Hong Kong was postponed again until cinemas reopened on 18 February 2021. [17] [18] The film retained its 24 December 2020 release date for China, where it played in IMAX theatres, [19] Singapore [20] and Western countries such as North America, Australia and New Zealand.[ citation needed ]

The film was shown at the 23rd Far East Film Festival from 24 to 26 June 2021, [21] and will also be shown in competition at the 20th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival as part of "New Cinema From Asia" on 3 July 2021. [22]

Reception

Box office

As of 28 Match 2021, Shock Wave 2 has grossed US$226.4 million worldwide, combining its box office gross from Hong Kong (US$2.5 million), China (US$219 million), [23] Taiwan (US$3.28 million), [24] Singapore (US$1.12 million), [25] Australia (US$308,538), [26] New Zealand (US$82,444), United Arab Emirates (US$80,965), [27] South Korea (US$11,462) and Russia (US$6,403). [26] The film debuted No. 1 at the global box office, grossing US$63.9 million on its opening weekend worldwide. [27] [28]

Hong Kong

The film debuted at No. 1 on its opening day in Hong Kong with a gross of HK$1,137,578. [29] By the end of its opening weekend, the film grossed HK$6,414,402 (US$827,334), coming in at No. 1, after consecutively topping the daily box office during its four days of release despite theaters operating with reduced capacity due to Covid-19 safety guidelines. [30] The film remained at No. 1 during its second weekend where it grossed HK$6,608,241 and have accumulated a total gross of HK$13,022,643 (US$1,678,911) by then. [31] During its third weekend, the film grossed HK$3,513,430, coming in at No. 2, and have accumulated a total gross of HK$16,539,304 (US$2,130,475) by then. [32] On its fourth weekend, the film grossed HK$1,599,517, coming in at No. 4, and have grossed a total of HK$18,138,821 (US$2,336,604) by then. [33] During its fifth weekend, the film grossed HK$748,226, coming in at No. 5, and have accumulated a total gross of HK$18,887,167 (US$2.43 million) by then. [34] On its sixth weekend, the film grossed HK$243,554, coming in at No. 9, and have grossed a total of HK$19,130,721 (US$2.5 million) by then. [35]

Shock Wave 2 grossed a total of HK$19,387,097 at the Hong Kong box office and became the fourth-highest grossing film overall of 2020 in the territory.[ citation needed ]

China

In China, the film grossed US$63.2 million after consecutively topping the daily box office during its four days of release, including US$4.4 million from IMAX screens, debuting at No. 1 on its opening weekend. [28] [36] During its second weekend, the film grossed US$67.1 million, coming in at No. 3, accumulating a total gross of US$137.1 million by then. [37] On its third weekend, the film grossed US$24 million and remained at No. 3, having grossed a total of US$161.2 million by then. [38] During its fourth weekend, the film grossed US$15.7 million, moving up to No. 2 and have grossed a total of US$176.9 million by then. [39] On its fifth weekend, the film grossed US$12.9 million, remaining at No. 2, and have grossed a total of US$189.9 million by then. [40] On its sixth weekend, the film grossed US$12.1 million, remaining at No. 2 for three consecutive weeks, and have grossed a total of US$202 million by then. [41] On its seventh weekend, the film remained at No. 2 for four consecutive weeks with a gross of US$10.6 million and have accumulated a total gross of US$212.6 million by then. [42] During its eighth weekend, the film grossed US$5.5 million, coming in at No. 8, and have grossed a total of US$218.1 million so far. [43] The film did not make it to the top 10 box office during its ninth weekend, but it secured a position in its tenth weekend, grossing US$0.9 million and coming in at No. 10, with the box office totaling US$219 million. [23]

Shock Wave 2 grossed CN¥1,314,789,000 at the Chinese box office and became the highest-grossing Hong Kong film in China, overtaking previous record holder, which was Lau and Yau's previous collaboration, The White Storm 2: Drug Lords in 2019. [44]

Taiwan

Opening on 31 December 2020 in Taiwan, the film grossed NT$27.88 million (US$970,000) during its first four days of release, debuting at No. 3 on its opening weekend and is the highest-grossing new release during the New Year's Day holiday period. [45] [46] During its second weekend, the film grossed NT$23.07 million, moving up to No. 2, and have accumulated a total gross of NT$50.95 million (US$1.79 million) by then. [47] On its third weekend, the film grossed NT$16.51 million, coming in at No. 3 and have grossed a total of NT$67.1 million (US$2.35 million) by then. [48] During its fourth weekend, the film grossed NT$10.56 million, coming in at No. 4, and have grossed a total of NT$77.66 million (US$2.73 million) by then. [49] On its fifth weekend, the film grossed NT$5.88 million, ranking at No. 7, and have accumulated a total gross of NT$83.54 million (US$2.94 million) by then. [50] During its sixth weekend, the film grossed NT$2.92 million, coming in at No. 11, and have grossed a total of NT$86.46 million (US$3.04 million) by then. [24] On its seventh weekend, the film grossed NT$3.68 million, coming in at No. 15, and have accumulated a total gross of NT$89.09 million (US$3.13 million) by the then. [51] In the eighth weekend, the film grossed NT$1.73 million, coming in at No. 18, accumulating a total gross of NT$90.82 million (US$3.26 million) so far. [52] In the ninth week, the box office revenue was NT$430,000, and the cumulative box office so far is NT$91.25 million (US$3.28 million). [53]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, Shock Wave 2 has an approval rating of 82% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. [54]

Jeanmarie Tan of The New Paper gave the film a score of 4/5 and praises Andy Lau's physical prowess and multi-layer performance. [55] Edmund Lee of the South China Morning Post gave the film a score of 3.5/5 stars and compliments its abundance of action sequences which makes it "easy to look beyond the overwrought story". [56] Tay Yek-keak of Today gave the film a similar score of 3.5/5, praising it as larger, more fast-paced and entertaining than its predecessor. [57] Lim Yian-lu of Yahoo! Singapore gave the film a score of 3/5 stars, describing it as less thrilling than its predecessor. [58] Anna Smith of Deadline Hollywood gives praises to the film's action set pieces and visual effects. [59] Sean Gilman of Medium praises director Herman Yau as "nothing if not sophisticated in both his critique of the state and the limits of his own abilities to express that critique through popular cinema." [60] Leslie Felperin of The Guardian gave the film a score of 2/5 stars and describes the film as "all a bit otiose and a little stale." [61]

Awards and nominations

CeremonyCategoryRecipientResults
40th Hong Kong Film Awards [62] Best Action Choreography Lee Chung-chiNominated
Best Film Editing Azrael ChungNominated
Best Sound Design Nip Kei-wing, Ip Siu-keiNominated
Best Visual Effects Yee Kwok-leung, Garrett K Lam,
Chiu Tak-piu, Loki Ho
Nominated
28th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards [63] Best Director Herman Yau Nominated
Best ScreenplayHerman Yau, Erica Li, Eric LeeNominated
Film of MeritShock Wave 2Won
30th Huading Awards [64] [65] Best FilmShock Wave 2Nominated
Best DirectorHerman YauNominated
Best Actor Andy Lau Won
Best ScreenplayHerman Yau, Erica Li, Eric LeeNominated
Best Hong Kong FilmShock Wave 2Nominated
Best Professionalism AwardAndy LauWon

Sequel

On 18 June 2021, Andy Lau announced several upcoming film projects that he will be starring in during a live broadcast celebration of the 33rd anniversary of his fan club, Andy World Club, with a sequel to the film titled Shock Wave 3 being one of the slated films and is set to begin production in 2022. [66] [67]

See also

Notes

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