Firestorm (2013 film)

Firestorm is a 2013 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Alan Yuen, produced by and starring Andy Lau. The film was converted to 3D during postproduction, making it the first 3D Hong Kong police action film. Firestorm was chosen to be the opening film at Screen Singapore held onDecember 2013 where Lau and costar Gordon Lam walked the red carpet for the films premiere. The film also opened the 56th Asia Pacific Film Festival onDecember 2013 in Macau. In addition, Firestorm also had its North American premier at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival onMay 2014.

A crew of seasoned criminals led by the notorious Cao Nam Hu Jun, armed with highpowered weapons, pulls off another smooth and violent armored car heist in broad daylight in a crowded street. Whoever tries to get in their way, they will show no mercy. This puts the police force to shame and humiliation.A hardboiled senior police inspector Lui Mingchit Andy Lau, hot on the trails of Nam and his tight crew, determines to put an end to this madness that causes the lives of innocent people. But he soon comes face with the cruel reality that the usual police tactics are too futile to send these armed thieves behind bars. Extreme crime requires extreme justice, even if it means crossing his moral line. To Shingbong Gordon Lam, an excon desperate to leave his criminal past behind, volunteers to be Luis informant in exchange for a fresh start with his girlfriend Yin Bing Yao Chen. But little does he know what hellish situation he is getting himself into. ........

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