"Drug War 3" starts filming in Hong Kong, starring Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok and others appear

Recently, Herman Yau's film "Drug War 3" started shooting in Hong Kong, starring Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Lam Suet, Alex Fong, Tse Kwan Ho, and Yuen Fu Wah. It is reported that the film's scenes in the mainland have been shot.

This is the third film in the "Drug War" series produced by Universe Entertainment. The "three best actor" lineup is particularly eye-catching: Louis Koo, who played an undercover policeman and a drug lord in the first two films, will appear for the third time. Lau Ching Wan, who left a deep impression on the audience in "Drug War 1", will also return strongly this time. Both of them were nominated for the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for "Drug War 1". At the same time, "Drug War 3" also invited another best actor Aaron Kwok to join. In this new story, whether the three characters are good or evil, which camp they belong to, what kind of black and white confrontation will be carried out around drugs and money, and what kind of tense "best actor-level famous scenes" will be contributed, are all particularly exciting.

In addition, Yang Caiyu is the lead actor, Luo Jialiang is a special guest star, Xie Junhao, Alex Fong, Chen Guobang, Hong Tianming, Liu Haolong, Hui Xiong (Su Chenrui), Qiu Zhanhui, Lin Xue and other starring actors. Director Herman Yau once won the first and second place in the box office of Hong Kong films in Chinese film history with "Shock Wave 2" and "Drug War 2: Heaven and Earth Showdown". This time he will continue to direct "Drug War 3", bringing quality assurance to this authentic Hong Kong-style police and gangster film series.

The film also released a concept poster. In the picture, three kinds of banknotes, namely Hong Kong dollars, Thai baht and US dollars, are stacked into a triangle and placed on the table. The worn, dirty and wrinkled banknotes, white powder spilled in the gaps and three bullets lying not far away all suggest that a battle between police and criminals centered on money, drugs and killing is about to begin.

It is reported that the plot and characters of "Drug War 3" are not directly related to the previous two films, but the theme remains the same - it revolves around the life-and-death duel between drug police and drug lords and their gangs; the story mainly takes place in the famous "Golden Triangle" area at the junction of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos, and will further focus on the struggle of human nature in difficult situations and explore the boundaries between good and evil. On the basis of continuing the large-scale production and strong genre of the previous work, the investment of "Drug War 3" has been upgraded to nearly 300 million yuan, and it was filmed in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hong Kong and other places, striving to bring the audience a hot blockbuster that lives up to expectations.

The first film in the "Drug War" series was released in mainland China in November 2013. It was directed by Benny Chan and starred Louis Koo, Lau Ching Wan and Nick Cheung, earning 237 million yuan at the box office and high word-of-mouth reviews. Six years later, "Drug War 2: Heaven and Earth Showdown", directed by Herman Yau and starring Andy Lau, Louis Koo and others, returned in July 2019, with a cumulative box office of 1.312 billion yuan, breaking the box office record of Hong Kong films in Chinese film history. The success of the two previous works has accumulated a large number of IP fans. In 2020, Herman Yau's new work "Shock Wave 2" once again surprised the majority of action movie and Hong Kong-style police and gangster movie fans, and also upgraded everyone's expectations for "Drug War 3".