| L Storm | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | David Lam | ||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Raymond Wong | ||||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Wong Ho-wa Ho Man-lung | ||||||||||||||
| Story: | David Lam | ||||||||||||||
| Music: | Anthony Chue | ||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Zhang Ying | ||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Poon Hung | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Pegasus Motion Pictures | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 90 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
| Budget: | US$5-10 million[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Gross: | US$64.52 million | ||||||||||||||
L Storm is a 2018 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by David Lam, and starring Louis Koo and Julian Cheung, alongside Kevin Cheng, Stephy Tang, Patrick Tam, Michael Tse and Adam Pak in his debut film role.
The third installment in a pentalogy, preceded by Z Storm (2014) and S Storm (2016), and succeeded by P Storm (2019) and G Storm (2021), L Storm was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 23 August 2018.
Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong) (ICAC) investigator William Luk and Joint Financial Intelligence Unit (JFIU) officer Lau Po-keung are respectively investigating a corruption and money laundering case both involving Customs officer Tik Wai-kit, but are unable to find any clues. At this time, Kenny Ching of ICAC's L Team (Internal Disciplinary Investigation Team) receives a report from Eva Ng, claiming Luk has accepted a bribe of HK$12 million. Unable to provide an explanation, Luk was immediately suspended from his duties.
Lau discovers that Luk was framed which is inextricably linked to the money laundering case he has been investigating. At the same time, Lau also suspects bank director Thompson Yau (Adam Pak) assisting the mastermind of a criminal organisation, Wong Hoi-wo, in money laundering. Chinese Anti-Corruption Bureau Director Hong Liang arrives in Hong Kong and to provide important intel for Lau, revealing that mainland Chinese corrupt officials are involved in the money laundering case. Luk risks his safety to collect evidence to prove his innocence, but was imprisoned.
Principal photography for L Storm began on 21 August 2017 in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.[2] [3] Filming wrapped up on 23 October 2017 after filming its final action scene on a yacht involving actors Louis Koo and Kevin Cheng hunting down criminals while the crew also celebrated Koo's 47th birthday, which occurred two days before.[4]
L Storm grossed a total of US$64,517,456, combining its box office gross from Hong Kong, China and Australia.
In Hong Kong, the film grossed s total of HK$17,412,266 during its theatrical run from 23 August to 21 October 2018, making it the four highest-grossing domestic film in the territory of 2018.[5]
In China, the film grossed a total of ¥442,986,000.[6]