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Drug War
MEANRANK
75/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 90, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A major drug lord is captured by a relentless police captain after a factory explosion. To avoid the death penalty, the kingpin agrees to help the police set up a series of dangerous undercover operations to nab his even bigger partners. The captain immerses himself deep in the criminal underworld, where a single mistake could blow his cover and cost him his life.
Details
- Director
- Johnnie To
- Writers
- Ryker Chan, Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Yu Xi
- Studio
- Milkyway Image, Hairun Movies & TV Group, Huaxia Film Distribution, CCTV-6 China Movie Channel 电影频道节目中心 (CMC)
- Released
- 15 November 2012
- Country
- Hong Kong, China
- Language
- Cantonese
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $24.7M
- Awards
- 1 win, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →1 win from 4 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Best Director 2012 | Best Director | Johnnie To | Winner |
| Best Editing 2012 | Best Editing | Allen Leung | Nominee |
| Best Film 2012 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign Language Film 2012 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
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| Best Editing | Allen Leung | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |