DRUG WAR opens at the IFC Center on 7/26, and we’ll have 1 pair of tickets and one prize pack of DVDs/Blu Rays to give away. All you have to do is to like and share our facebook posting by Thursday 7pm, we will choose 2 winners.
IFC Center
323 Sixth Avenue at West Third Street
Directed by: Johnnie To
Starring
Louis Koo
Sun Honglei
Crystal Huang
Wallace Chung
In China, manufacturing 50 grams of methamphetamine will earn you a death sentence. Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) has manufactured tons… and after an accident at one of his labs, he’s in the custody of Captain Zhang (Sun Honglei)’s undercover team. Choi has only one shot at avoiding the death penalty: turn informant for Zhang to take down the powerful cartel he works for. With a major delivery already underway, there’s only one chance to make the bust, which means clock is ticking… and fast. As Zhang’s increasingly desperate, and sleep-deprived, team is stretched well past their limits and forced to rely on an informant they can’t fully trust, the operation spins wildly out of control, and the line between dedication and recklessness becomes increasingly blurred. Eschewing the “two guns at once” Hong Kong-style mayhem in favor of atmosphere and a tightly-wound plot punctuated with impeccably choreographed bursts of violence, genre master Johnnie To delivers an intricate puzzle-box of a thriller that ignited a firestorm of controversy in its homeland.
For more: www.ifccenter.com/films/drug-war