“Cold War 1995” Poster
Cold War 1994 turned out to be a solid hit, pulling in around $46 million worldwide and drawing strong crowds in both Hong Kong and China. Critics responded well, with many calling it one of the best Hong Kong crime thrillers in years and a strong addition to the Cold War series.
Now, with Cold War 1994 finally here, fans are already looking ahead to Cold War 1995. Longman Leung (Helios, Cold War 2), who co-directed the original films (along with frequent collaborator, Sunny Luk), shot the two prequels back-to-back.
Titled Cold War 1994 and Cold War 1995, the movies collectively star Daniel Wu (Sky on Fire), Terrance Lau (Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In), Tse Kwan Ho (Warriors of Future), Louise Wong (A Guilty Conscience), Chow Yun Fat (Project Gutenberg), Aaron Kwok (The White Storm 3), Tony Leung Ka Fai (Blades of the Guardians) and Louis Koo (Back to the Past).
Additional cast members include Wu Kang Ren (Copycat Killer), Tse Kwan Ho (Cesium Fallout), Louise Wong (Anita), Fish Liew (Someone Like Me), Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones), Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) and a rumored cameo from Yuen Biao (Operation Bangkok).
The prequels revolve around a high-ranking police officer from the previous Cold War films, who is forced to walk a fine line between the triads, the elites and the British colonial government, while keeping a high-profile kidnapping case out of the media (via Screen Daily).
Edko Films’ Cold War 1995 is arriving in theaters later this year. In the meantime, check out the Trailers for Cold War 1994 below:
First two Cold War movies were more about politics inside the Hong Kong Police; this seems more like your usual cops vs triads action movie, which is fine but still a different tone to the first two movies.
That looks like Yuen Biao around 1:35 of the trailer. If that’s the case, it matches the reporting by HK media that he has a cameo in it. Been quite a while since he’s appeared in a HK movie.
I wonder if this is why The Furious hasn’t got a release date in HK/China yet; both Cold War and Furious are produced by Bill Kong, who probably doesn’t want these two to eat into each other’s box office.
Good catch. Certainly looks like him!
Valerian chow also in the movie. Yuen biao in it for sure.
In was a commercial failure in Hong Kong, compared to Cold war II.
I’d love to know the real budget of that one.