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Cold War
“Asia's safest city is about to be tested.”
67%
Movie
1h 42m
AI Analysis
Cold War (2012) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Cold War (2012) — a movie tagged as Action and Thriller with tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Five police officers in Hong Kong are kidnapped. The police commissioner is on a business trip overseas. Two vice commissioners, Sean Rau and M.B. Lee, then take over the case. The two vice commissioners are rivals who both vie for the police commissioner seat. At first, M.B. Lee takes the lead in the case, but come… Our models also surface themes such as ai and power from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~102 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Cold War 67% (195 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 195 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Five police officers in Hong Kong are kidnapped. The police commissioner is on a business trip overseas. Two vice commissioners, Sean Rau and M.B. Lee, then take over the case. The two vice commissioners are rivals who both vie for the police commissioner seat. At first, M.B. Lee takes the lead in the case, but comes to a dead end. Sean Lau then takes the lead, but he falls into a trap. Both men are then investigated by the ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2012-11-08
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- TMDB rating
- 6.7
- TMDB ID
- 137409
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Is there an official trailer for Cold War?
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What is Cold War about?
Five police officers in Hong Kong are kidnapped. The police commissioner is on a business trip overseas. Two vice commissioners, Sean Rau and M.B. Lee, then take over the case. The two vice commiss... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Cold War?
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How long is the movie Cold War?
The official runtime for Cold War is approximately 102 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing
Sean Lau
Tony Leung Ka-fai
M.B. Waise Lee
Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei
Phoenix Leung
Gordon Lam Ka-Tung
Albert Kwong Chi-lap
Chin Ka-Lok
Vincent Tsui Wing-kee
Andy On Chi-Kit
Michael Shek
Terence Yin Chi-Wai
To Man
Andy Lau
Philip Luk Ming-wah
Aarif Rahman
Billy Cheung Kwok-piu
Eddie Peng Yu-Yan
Joe Lee Ka-cheun
Ma Yili
Michelle Chan Suet-yi
Michael Wong
York Tsang Sheung-wing
Tony Ho
William Ngai
Grace Huang
May Cheung Mei-yin
Gary Chan Ga-Fai
Kelvin Chang
Angel Ho
Senior Police Inspector
Leanne Foo Hiu-Mei
Senior Police Inspector
Rachel Kan
ICAC Investigator
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