【电影简介】

香港高级督察吕明哲，和混混陶成邦曾是同学。陶成邦因犯事坐牢刚出狱，女友罗燕冰前去接他。罗燕冰给陶成邦洒水去晦气，给他剃了个新头发，想要让他重新做人。陶成邦和混混头目曹楠计划劫持运钞车。吕明哲和几个同事在密切监视运钞车的情况。这时天文台发布消息，一场风暴可能要登陆香港。

曹楠戴着面具操纵一辆吊钩车，把正在行驶的运钞车勾到了桥下，吕明哲下令拦截。曹楠把车内的运钞人员摔在地上，几个劫匪带枪过来协助曹楠。吕明哲带领同事到达，双方激烈火拼。劫匪大飞劫持了一名人质。警方已占上风时，陶成邦开车撞上了吕明哲的车。吕明哲受伤,曹楠枪杀了人质，然后开车逃脱。

警局里，大家正调监控查看曹楠逃窜的行车路线。吕明哲不断地回想起人质被枪杀的画面。曹楠捡到了吕明哲掉落在案发现场的警官证，他到警察局把证件还给吕明哲，看到警察们都在拿着他的照片做调查，调侃自己在警局这么出名。吕明哲苦于没有证据能抓他，只能压抑着自己的情绪。

陶成邦作为嫌疑犯被带到了吕明哲的办公室，吕明哲要他说出幕后指使者。但是陶成邦一口咬定他是被枪声吓到，意外撞上吕明哲的。罗燕冰带着律师来到警局保释陶成邦，警局放人，并派人跟踪他。罗燕冰因为陶成邦再次犯事而伤心哭泣，陶成邦说自己只是被告危险驾驶。

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For viewers who aren't too fond of action films, Firestorm can be a bit intense, but there is still much to appreciate.

Upon walking out of the cinema, I remember the numerous gunshots and explosions; I remember being dazzled by the flashing images; and I vividly remember the aftermath of the lethal struggle between the Hong Kong police and the most vicious villain in recent cinematic history.

Veteran megastar Andy Lau starred in and produced the film. He goes up against Ray Lui, Lam Katung and mainland actor Hu Jun. The bad guys are well equipped with rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers and C4 and they do not hesitate to kill anyone who prevents them from robbing cash trucks. That puts Andy Lau's character in a difficult situation. As a policeman that thrives on law and order, he cannot bring in the suspects unless there is enough evidence. But since the professional villains spare no one during their actions, they are able to stay at large until the police change their strategy.

53-year-old Lau has always been known for being a dedicated actor, and this time round, as if to redeem the failure of his previous outing earlier this year, he obviously put extra effort into shooting Firestorm.Throughout the film, he is two car accidents, shot at and blown up by C4 numerous times, and he filmed most of these scenes without a stunt double. Mainland actor Hu Jun does well enough, but his character is toosimplistic by comparison. Mainland actress Yao Chen also appears in the story but her acting skills and accent make her incompatible with the rest of the film.

The action is non-stop. The sound of gunshots is often deafening and the bloody scenes threaten to dampen your senses. The Hong Kong police have not been challenged by such nefarious villains in the cinema for years, not since the Overheard series, but even that focused more on storytelling than action. The topic of crime drama was exhausted by the "Infernal Affairs" series. Similar movies that followed the series were merely mediocre repercussions. However, Firestorm sounds like a particularly loud one.

The film has led to concern regarding the future of Hong Kong cinema. Many critics underscore the fact that recent films coming out of the island city have been dominated by veteran actors from Hong Kong and actresses from the mainland. Surely, this combination is the best guarantee for grossing in both the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong markets, but that's unlikely to help once the veterans gradually retire.

On a scale from one to ten, I give Firestorm a six.

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