The White Storm (2013) (English)

A group of policemen from Hong Kong travels over to Thailand to arrest a powerful and a very dangerous drug lord with bad hair. Things go wrong during the mission, and once good friends can not stand to be in each other’s presence. After five years, an old friend pops up in Hong Kong, and then all hell breaks loose.

Director Benny Chan can make good action movies if he wants. But his judgment ability has always been a question. He can do a lot of strange things in a film, especially when it comes to emotional scenes, he usually stinks. And he does not disappoint here with very poor dramaturgy.

The White Storm starts like most undercover films from Hong Kong. The special thing about the film is that the three key officers are good friends, but one of them is tired of being the mole when his wife is about to give birth to their first child. But the job calls, and the mole is under a lot of pressure when they take a trip over to Thailand to stop a drug lord who should find a new hairdresser.

The White Storm has a little surprise up it’s sleeve, but I guessed the surprise early after a certain event in the film. The White Storm has a long runtime of around 134 minutes. With the long runtime, you would think that the film could get us to care a little about the characters and that we would get to know them better. But that doesn’t happen, the film offers a simple narrative that doesn’t work. That’s classic Benny Chan.

There are a few good action sequences here. But overall it disappoints, especially in the end where a lot of bullets gets fired, but the action choreography is just average.

The White Storm shows us the limitations of director Benny Chan. But I’ve seen much worse from that man, so The White Storm is worth checking out if you’ve seen too many bad action movies from Hong Kong in recent years.

6/10

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