Cold War 1994

2026 1h 57m CN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 23

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Leung Lok-Man
Writers: Leung Lok-Man, Cheung Fei-Fan, He Liang-Yu
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Countries: Hong Kong, China

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, China.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Part of the "Cold War Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Leung Lok-Man, shot by Anthony Pun Yiu-Ming. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hanz Au. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor David M. Richardson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Daniel Wu and Terrance Lau Chun-Him and Wu Kang-ren carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Leung Lok-Man directs. Anthony Pun Yiu-Ming behind the camera. Hanz Au scores. David M. Richardson cuts. Produced in Hong Kong, China. Dialogue in Cantonese, Mandarin, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English.
3International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, China.
4Part of the "Cold War Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Leung Lok-Man, shot by Anthony Pun Yiu-Ming. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Hanz Au. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor David M. Richardson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Daniel Wu and Terrance Lau Chun-Him and Wu Kang-ren carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt36576750 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Anthony Pun Yiu-Ming
Original score: Hanz Au
Editing: David M. Richardson
VFX supervisor: Yee Kwok-Leung
Sound: Tu Duu-chih
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Status: Released
Box office: $46,907,049
Original language: CN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Cold War 1994 (2026)

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Cold War Collection

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Leung Lok-Man

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CinemaSerf2026-05-13
★ 6/10
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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