Purple Storm (film)
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| Directed by | Teddy Chan |
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John Chong Solon So |
| Screenplay by | Hui Jo-jo Audrey Lam Clarence Yip |
| Story by | Teddy Chan Chan Wai |
| Starring | Daniel Wu Kam Kwok-leung Emil Chau Josie Ho Joan Chen |
| Narrated by | Daniel Wu |
| Music by | Peter Kam |
| Cinematography | Arthur Wong |
| Edited by | Kwong Chi-leung |
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| Distributed by | Media Asia Distributions |
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Release date
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25 November 1999 |
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Running time
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112 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | US$4 millon |
| Box office | HK$10,112,592 |
Purple Storm (Chinese: 紫雨風暴) is a 1999 Hong Kong action film directed by Teddy Chan, and narrated by Daniel Wu, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Kam Kwok-leung and Emil Chau. The film was released on 25 November 1999. The American version was released by Touchstone Pictures and Millennium Films.
Soong, a Khmer Rouge terrorist with plans to seed clouds with the chemical weapon Ricin-X, sends his son, Todd Nguyen his friend Guan Ai, to Hong Kong in a North Korean ship. On board is a container of the lethal poison, which the Koreans send an assassination team to retrieve. The Koreans are killed and Todd is knocked unconscious. The Hong Kong marine police showed up, forcing Guan to dump the container overboard and escape. She could not kill Todd to prevent his capture by the police.
Todd is a wanted criminal, and so is getting medical treatment under the eye of the Hong Kong Anti Terrorist Force (ATF), commanded by Ma Li. Ma finds out Soong is in Hong Kong to enlist his former Cambodian partners to rescue his son. Todd is suffering from amnesia, and psychologist Shirley Kwan is brought in the help him restore his memory. Kwan suggested implating a new identity in Todd, making him an undercover operative for the police, but Ma initially objects on moral grounds. The Cambodian dies from an apparent suicide, but Ma spots Soong at the scene before he disappears.
Soong breaks into the local TV station and finds out Ma's identity through old news bulletins. He also finds broadcasts condemning the Khmer Rouge, so he plants a bomb, which is detonated the next day by an employee. The CCTV footage from the station confirms it is Soong.
Suspecting that Soong will try to rescue Todd at the hospital, Ma orders Todd back to ATC headquarters and sets up an ambush at the hospital. Soong and a few terrorists arrive just as Todd is being moved. They somehow know about the set-up. After disrupting communications, they kill the ATC team and escape, but without Todd. Ma finally agrees to Kwan's idea. But Todd also begins to have flashbacks of his true past and becomes confused.
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