Feature2026·117m·6.3

Cold War 1994

ActionDramaCrime

In 1994, a tycoon's kidnapping shook Hong Kong, threatening its financial standing. Police pursued personal gain while OCID Superintendent Li Wenbin risked everything to navigate conflicting interests and expose the truth.

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Cast

Daniel Wu

Peter Choi (Young)

Terrance Lau Chun-Him

M.B. Lee (Young)

Wu Kang-ren

Simon Keswyk Poon

Gardner Tse Kwan-Ho

Sir William Keswyk Poon

Louise Wong Tan-Nei

Jodie Yuen

Fish Liew Chi-Yu

Rosamund Keswyk Poon

Chow Yun-Fat

Oswald S.C. Kan

Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing

Sean Lau

Louis Koo

Adrian Yip

Tony Leung Ka-fai

M.B. Lee

Aidan Gillen

F.M.

Hugh Bonneville

Chris Hughes

Michael Chow Man-Kin

Dickson Hui

Carlos Chan Ka-Lok

K.F. Wong

Michael Ning

Stephen Pak

Samuel Pang King-Chi

C.K. Fong

Kevin Chu Kam-Yin

Roy Ho (Young)

Mandy Tam Man-Huen

Bianca Yeung

DeeGor Ho Kai-Wah

Wu Tin-man

Yeung Lok-Man

Eric Ma

Details

Status
Released
Original language
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
$46.9M
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Edko FilmsWanda PicturesShanghai Ruyi Film & TV Production 上海儒意影视制作China Film Group CorporationEdko Beijing Films

Crew

Director

Leung Lok-Man

Writers

Leung Lok-Man, Cheung Fei-Fan, He Liang-Yu, Jolyon Cheung

Anthony Pun Yiu-Ming

Director of Photography

Hanz Au

Original Music Composer

Iris Liu

Original Music Composer

Jolyon Cheung

Original Music Composer

David M. Richardson

Editor

Fan Zhaoshuo

Editor

Gallery

Reviews

CinemaSerf

5/13/2026

6.0

With the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China already largely agreed, nobody in the territory wants any complications at this late stage in the day. Well sadly that's exactly what the Organised Crime department of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force gets when the tenth uncle of the legendary “Poon” family is kidnapped. It's patriarch, “Sir William” (Gardner Tse Kwan-Ho) isn't a man to be messed with and so swiftly superintendent “M.B” (Terrance Lau Chun-Hin) is drafted in to try and rescue the man before the HK$600 millions is paid for what is more than likely to end up being a corpse! What this honourable cop and his team don’t know is that the heir to the “Poon” family - “Simon” (Wu Kang-ren) is up to some illicit scheming of his own and, of course, the Triads are also positioning themselves for the new regime too. When “M.B.” finds himself caught up in the middle of not just these intrigues but also of some duplicitous internal machinations, he has to go rogue to keep himself safe and hopefully get to the bottom of this politically-charged mystery. Terrance Lau is on decent form here and the production entertainingly integrates the plentiful CGI with the live-action quite well too as the story taps into themes of greed, betrayal, family power plays and police corruption whilst keeping us well clear of any romantic interludes. The plot has it's fair share of twists and turns at the beginning, but the ending is rushed and perhaps just a little too predicable as a perfectly good Rolls Royce is blown to smithereens and the death-defying becomes more the rule than the exception. It's worth a watch, but is disappointingly episodic throughout and lacks for much originality.

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