The first official teaser trailer has arrived for Cold War 1994, the first of a back-to-back set of prequel to the 2012 and 2016 films. Longman Leung sole-directs the latest chapter returning Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, and Chow Yun-Fat into the limelight along with an award-winning roster of actors all paving the way for an even greater scope of the overall story.
In 2017, Hong Kong’s newly appointed Secretary for Security, M.B. Lee (Tony Leung Ka Fai), vanishes without a trace. Desperate for answers, Commissioner of Police Sean Lau (Aaron Kwok) turns to Senior Counsel Oswald Kan (Chow Yun Fat), who unlocks a long-sealed classified file from 1994 — one that holds the key to the crisis unfolding two decades later.
Flashback to 1994, before Hong Kong’s handover to China. As the Special Branch of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force prepares to disband, the kidnapping of a powerful business tycoon ignites a dangerous covert power struggle within the force. Caught in the conflict are two officers: the passionate and righteous M.B. Lee (Terrance Lau) and the cold-blooded and ambitious Peter Choi (Daniel Wu).
Four formidable factions — the city’s wealthiest family, the Poon’s (Tse Kwan Ho and Wu Kang Ren), the police, the triads, and the British authorities — are drawn into a deadly vortex of ambition, betrayal, and hidden agendas. As old alliances fracture and new ones form, Hong Kong stands on the brink of a seismic power reshuffle that will cast a long shadow into the future.
Cold War 1994 also stars Louise Wong, Fish Liew, Aidan Gillen, Hugh Bonneville, and Louis Koo, and opens in Hong Kong on May 1. Catch the trailer below, and tap here for earlier coverage including the initial character posters which unveiled this past month at Filmart.
