The first two left a lot of plot pits, waiting for "Cold War 3" to close the pit. I'm just worried not to make the final chapter of the trilogy into a work like Infernal Affairs 3: The Ultimate Infinity.
Or the reason why "Cold War 3", which will be released this year, is highly anticipated is because of a series of big holes dug by "Cold War 2".
"Cold War" released in 2012 was originally positioned as the most classic police film in Hong Kong films, and it was unexpected that Liang Lemin and Lu Jianqing seemed to have the meaning of taking over the "Mai Zhuang combination", intending that Qing was better than blue, plus Aaron Kwok, Leung Ka Fai, Li Zhiting, Peng Yuyan, and Yang Caini's all-star lineup to help, so that the internal ghosts within the police were frequent, the political integrity and evil of the office were unknown, and the shocking inside of the police force's internal and external difficulties led to the shocking inside of the higher-level mysterious figures.
Taking advantage of the situation, "Cold War 2" was soon released in 2016, the screenwriter and director is Liang Lemin, Lu Jianqing, and the starring lineup in addition to Aaron Kwok, Liang Jiahui also joined Chow Yun Fat, Wen Yongshan and others. Compared with the plot of the first hidden mystery of "Cold War", "Cold War 2" has no police and bandits in the strict sense, but in a larger pattern and a higher level, a political struggle with complex character relationships and dazzling clues has been carried out.
In "Cold War 2", the mysterious black hand behind the father and son of Li Wenbin (Leung Ka Fai) and Lee Ka Chun (Peng Yuyan) was finally revealed, pointing directly at the high-level people in Hong Kong, the ambition was very sufficient, but because the clues and characters were too complex, especially at the end of the film to give a convincing result, the story logic and character changes of "Cold War 2" were more or less far-fetched, just like the same ambitious "Equator", leaving a large and deep plot pit.
In "Cold War 3", Aaron Kwok, Leung Ka Fai, Peng Yuyan, Lee Zhiting, Yang Caini, and Chow Yun Fat appear in turn, and Andy Lau, who does not appear in the second part, is likely to promote a new plot as the director of the Security Bureau. Aaron Kwok, who was suppressed by Leung Ka-fai for two films, although he has always represented the power of justice, he always feels that the aura is not enough, and hopes to have a better performance in "Cold War 3".
As for the plot pit left by the first two parts of "Cold War", whether "Cold War 3" can be filled in completely is not only a test of the skills of The combination of Liang Lemin and Lu Jianqing, but also a key battle for whether Hong Kong films can have a greater breakthrough. I hope that after watching "Sweeping Drugs 2" and "Acts 2", watching "Cold War 3" will have a bright feeling.