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Hot War

Original title: Waan ying dak gung
  • 1998
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
394
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Hot War (1998)
Thriller

Three friends who grew up from the same orphanage and became scientists, now research human subconscious at CIA. They get the news that a criminal named "Mad Dragon" plans to send violence m... Read allThree friends who grew up from the same orphanage and became scientists, now research human subconscious at CIA. They get the news that a criminal named "Mad Dragon" plans to send violence mind to Asia maliciously to unleash financial crisis. Both sides try their best to defeat t... Read allThree friends who grew up from the same orphanage and became scientists, now research human subconscious at CIA. They get the news that a criminal named "Mad Dragon" plans to send violence mind to Asia maliciously to unleash financial crisis. Both sides try their best to defeat the other side.

  • Director
    • Jingle Ma
  • Writers
    • Sek-Hong Chan
    • Siu Man Chow
    • Chi-Leung Lo
  • Stars
    • Ekin Cheng
    • Jordan Chan
    • Kelly Chen
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    394
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jingle Ma
    • Writers
      • Sek-Hong Chan
      • Siu Man Chow
      • Chi-Leung Lo
    • Stars
      • Ekin Cheng
      • Jordan Chan
      • Kelly Chen
    • 4User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

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    • Tango One…
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    • C.S. Koo
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    • Blue Szeto
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    • Alien
    Vanessa Yeung
    • Alien's Henchman
    Asuka Higuchi
    • Grace
    Rocky Lai
    Rocky Lai
    • Alien's Thug
    Richard Newby
    • Henchman
    • (as Ricardo Alexander)
    Alistair Scott
    • CIA General
    Dave Taylor
    • FBI agent
    Bradley James Allan
    Bradley James Allan
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    • Director
      • Jingle Ma
    • Writers
      • Sek-Hong Chan
      • Siu Man Chow
      • Chi-Leung Lo
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    10iron monkey

    One of the best action movie to come from HK in a long time

    I was very impressed with this movie. It has all the elements of a entertaining movie. Great action, awesome stunts and a dramatic storyline and the acting was pretty good. I highly recommend this movie for everyone not just HK movie fans. If you like Matrix then you will really enjoy this movie. I was pleasantly surprised by movie enough to want to buy it for my movie collection.
    10foxdvd

    Very High production values, and action set-pieces, make this a must have for Hong Kong movie lovers

    I bought this on DVD, having very little knowledge of the movie. The story is not the most original, but forget all of that. Check this movie out for some great fights and action. It was nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for best action choreography, best film editing, best sound, and it deserved it. You will enjoy.
    1movieman_kev

    Hot war left me cold

    Aften Alien kills C.S's wife, C.S. and his friend Tango go through V.R. training and try to go after Alien, who has a plan for subliminal messages at the World Cup. This film is badly acted, and it didn't help that a lot of the movie is in garbled English either. It's very hard to tell why it was nominated for best film editing as that's one of the other aspects of the movie that I didn't like. I was let down by this one

    DVD Extras: Three making-of featurettes; music video; Star bios; Theatrical Trailer; Trailers for "Extreme Crises", "Enter the Eagles", and "A Hero Never Dies" (all 3 of which are better than this)

    My Grade: D

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    • Release date
      • December 24, 1998 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • 幻影特攻
    • Filming locations
      • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia(on location)
    • Production companies
      • GH Pictures
      • Golden Harvest Company
      • Golden Harvest Pictures (China)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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