The Viral Factor
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Official poster for The Viral Factor
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| Traditional | 逆戰 |
| Simplified | 逆战 |
| Mandarin | Nì Zhàn |
| Cantonese | Jik6 Zin3 |
| Directed by | Dante Lam |
| Produced by | Candy Leung |
| Screenplay by | Dante Lam Jack Ng |
| Story by | Dante Lam Candy Leung |
| Starring |
Jay Chou Nicholas Tse |
| Music by | Peter Kam |
| Cinematography | Kenny Tse (HKSC) |
| Edited by | Azrael Chung (HKSE) |
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| Distributed by | Emperor Motion Pictures |
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120 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong China |
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Cantonese Mandarin English Malay |
| Budget | HK$200 million |
| Box office | HK$22,212,450 (Hong Kong) ¥127.01 million (China) US$25,414,221 (Worldwide) |
The Viral Factor is a 2012 Hong Kong-Chinese action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse. The supporting cast includes Lin Peng, Michelle Bai, Andy On, Carl Ng, Liu Kai-chi and Elaine Jin, with action direction by Chin Kar-lok. Production for the film started in March 2011, and was theatrically released in January 17, 2012.
IDC (International Defense Commission) agent Sean Wong (Andy On) and his team members are in Jordan on a dangerous mission to escort a scientist named Kenner Osama Muhammad, who has stolen a copy of the smallpox virus, to Norway. On the way out of the country, the convoy were ambushed by a group of assailants. It was later revealed that Sean has betrayed the team for his own agenda and shot his colleagues Jon Man (Jay Chou) and his girlfriend Ice (Michelle Bai). Sean then escapes with Kenner and the virus. The failed mission left Ice dead while Jon has a bullet lodged in his brain with no safe way to remove it and only two weeks to live. Three months later, the crew of a freight ship on Malaysian water was found to have been infected and killed by the smallpox virus. Elsewhere, Sean contacts an arms dealer called Tyler (Jared Robinson), who suggests to mutate the virus into a biological weapon, develop a vaccine and sell it to a corrupt pharmaceutical company. In Beijing, Jon returns home to spend his remaining days with his mother (Elaine Jin), who tells him that he has a long lost brother, Man Yeung (Nicholas Tse) whom she left behind with his father, Man Tin (Liu Kai Chi).
In Malaysian court, Man Yeung is being charged for numerous crimes that he had committed. While being escorted to the prison, he attacks the police personnel and makes a successful escape. He later meets up with corrupt police officer Russell, who aided in his escape from custody and was given a new job. On his flight to Malaysia, Jon meets Asian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) doctor Rachel Kan (Lin Peng), who was later abducted by Yeung after the plane landed. A suspicious Jon, who noticed that the car that Rachel was travelling in has a different driver from earlier, tails the vehicle and ended up being forced into the vehicle. Jon, unaware of Yeung's identity, puts up a fight against him and the other henchmen, causing the car to crash. Yeung escapes after a brief struggle with Jon. Later, Jon meets his father and Man's daughter, Cheung-sing, who shows him a newspaper article that the man he encountered earlier was his brother.
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