G Storm

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G Storm
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TraditionalG風暴
SimplifiedG风暴
MandarinG Fēng Bào
CantoneseG Fung1 Bou6
Directed byDavid Lam
Screenplay byWong Ho-wah
Ronald Chan
Philip Lui
Howard Yip
Produced byRaymond Wong
StarringLouis Koo
Julian Cheung
Kevin Cheng
Jessica Hsuan
Bosco Wong
Michael Tse
CinematographyJoe Chan
Edited byPoon Hung-yiu
Music byAnthony Chue
Production
company
Distributed byMandarin Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 31 December 2021 (2021-12-31)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
BudgetUS$14 million[1]

G Storm is a 2021 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by David Lam. The fifth and final installment in a pentalogy,[2] preceded by Z Storm (2014), S Storm (2016), L Storm (2018) and P Storm (2019), the film stars Louis Koo returning as ICAC investigator William Luk, who investigates a case in the Immigration Department which links to an international human trafficking ring. The film was released on 31 December 2021.

Cast[]

  • Louis Koo as William Luk (陸志廉), principal investigator of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong) (ICAC).
  • Julian Cheung as Lau Po-keung (劉保強), chief inspector of the VIP Protection Unit (Hong Kong) (VIPPU) who was formerly part of the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit (JFIU).
  • Kevin Cheng as Kenny Ching (程德明), an ICAC investigator.
  • Jessica Hsuan as Emma Pong (龐愛瑪), Chief Justice of Asia.
  • Bosco Wong as Ching Fei-hung (程非熊), Kenny Ching's younger brother who is a corrupt officer Customs and Excise Department (Hong Kong).
  • Michael Tse as Siu Cheuk-ngah (肖卓亞), the mastermind behind the international human trafficking ring.
  • Rosyam Nor as King, leader of the international human trafficking ring and Siu's second in command.
  • Louis Cheung as Wong Luk-lam (王藍祿), Luk's friend whom he met in prison and later becomes an informant for Luk.
  • Anika Sheng as Tammy Tam (譚美莉), an ICAC officer and Luk's subordinate.
  • Liu Kai-chi
  • Dada Chan as Donut Ma (馬冬娜), Wong Luk-lam's wife.
  • Lo Hoi-pang as Kenny and Ching Fei-hung's father.
  • Babyjohn Choi as Cel Siu (蕭光漢), an ICAC officer and Luk's subordinate.
  • Deno Cheung as Wong Hoi-leung (黃海良), an ICAC officer and Luk's subordinate.
  • Toby Chan as Cindy Lee (李慧雅), inspector of JFIU and Lau's subordinate.
  • Wilfred Lau
  • Ding Haifeng as Hong Liang (洪亮), director of China's Anti-Corruption Bureau.
  • Sienna Li
  • Kendy Cheung
  • Monna Liu as Ding Rou (丁柔), an investigator of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
  • Elisa Ye
  • Cheung Siu-fai
  • Eddie Kwan as Yu Sir (余Sir), director of investigation of the ICAC.
  • Justin Cheung
  • Lee Fung

Production[]

Filming for G Storm commenced in December 2019. On 16 December 2019, filming of an explosion scene took place in Tsim Sha Tsui which featured cast members Louis Koo, Julian Cheung, Kevin Cheng, Jessica Hsuan, Bosco Wong and Deno Cheung along with over 100 extra actors.[3][4] Production for the film was paused beginning in January 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] and did not resume until June 2020.[6] Production officially wrapped up by the end of June. As a result of the pandemic, filming of two major scenes which include an international conference and a large scale gunfight that was set to be filmed in Southeast Asia had to be cancelled and be shot in Hong Kong instead.[7][8]

Release[]

G Storm was theatrically released on 31 December 2021 in Hong Kong.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "AFM 2020: The buzz titles from China and Hong Kong".
  2. ^ a b "《G風暴》反貪最終章落實上畫 張智霖宣萱尖沙咀爆發槍林彈雨".
  3. ^ "Louis Koo and Chilam Cheung Film "G Storm"".
  4. ^ "古仔新片炸毀鬧市 黃宗澤坐住輪椅埋位".
  5. ^ "《G風暴》不趕開工 黃百鳴支持娛樂場所暫時停業".
  6. ^ "逆市開戲救同業 黃百鳴無壓力︰擔心票房也沒辦法 (18:10)".
  7. ^ ""G Storm" concludes filming months after pandemic".
  8. ^ "《G風暴》煞科古天樂夏嫣開香檳感謝台前幕後 - 巴士的報".

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