The White Storm 2: Drug Lords 4K 2019 Ultra HD 2160p

There is an iron rule in the Ching Hing Gang: No drug dealing. The gang leader, Yu Nam (by Kent Cheng), has two right-hand men: one is Tin (by Andy lau), a bright and sober adherent of principles and loyalty; the other is Jizo (by Louis Koo), a cold-blooded smart man who secretly runs a drug business without Nam's knowledge. Ordered by the top leader, Tin taught Jizo a lesson by cutting off one of his fingers and expelled him from the gang. On the same night, policeman Fung (by Michael Miu)'s wife was killed in Jizo's nightclub during an operation. Meanwhile, Tin swore to change sides after his beloved girlfriend walked out of his life. 15 years later, the local drug market is now quadripartite. Jizo becomes the biggest drug dealer in Hong Kong; while Tin has now established himself as a financial tycoon and a philanthropist, and is offering a $100 million bounty to eliminate the No.1 drug dealer in Hong Kong. It causes a stir in both the society and the underworld. Inevitably, a battle between the two tycoons is underway.

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The White Storm 2: Drug Lords CRIME DRAMA/ ACTION THRILLER

Co-written and directed by Herman Yau that has the second film that is unrelated to the first "White Storm" movie except by only title. Even Louis Koo character is different who's name and perhaps persona is different that he played on the first movie. In other words, the second film can still be watched without the first one even being watched at all.

The synopsis opens with Yu Shun Tin (Andy Lau) girlfriend leaving him as a result of his gangster lifestyle. And is ordered by his boss, called Chief/ Yu Nam (Kent Cheng) to pick up a guy name Dizang and he turns out to be the same actor played by Louis Koo, who played as an undercover narc, So Kin-chow in the first "The White Storm". Louis Koo is a total different character in this one. This time he plays a gangster, Dizang aka Fung Chun Kwok who owns a few nightclubs and sells drugs, mainly coke. It appears, some of his guys have been dealing on the Chief's turf. And the Chief wants Dizang to put a stop to it, forcing Yu Shun Tin to punish him severely by removing some of his fingers, putting a strain on their long time relationship. The movie then jumps 15 years later, and Yu Shun Tin goes on his own, and is involved in a new relationship. This time it is with a speaker, Michelle Chow (Karena Kar-Yan Lam) and has become a successful investor, and is also involved in the narcotics bureau, while Dizang continues to do what he does which is to continue to produce drugs and dealing. Yu Shun Tin then receives a letter that the previous girlfriend who had left him at the opening, now tells him she has cancer is going to die that the last pregnancy she had, that the person she had a child was actually her son named Danny. And has apparently took the wrong path and is is an addict. Leading to the both of them to cross paths again, for it is just a matter of when.

As a action fan of 1990's movies I give this a pass and a slight improvement over the first movie that is full of way too many dramatic scenes that motivated me to use the mute button. There is at least 2 or 3 action sequences that I thought is worth watching- one after the 30 minute mark during the drug bust raid by the police. Actual car crashes and stunt men can clearly be seen, rolling off of cars and so forth, and the final car chase toward the end that led to an obvious CGI subway crash that would have costed a lot of money had it been an actual subway car that was used.

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Codec: HEVC / H.265 (64.88 Mbps)
Resolution: Upscaled 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 2.34:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

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#Cantonese: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1
#Cantonese: Dolby Digital 5.1

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