Cold War
Film poster
Country
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Directed by
Sunny Luk Longman Leung
Release Date
2012
Language
Cantonese
Studio
EDKO Films Irresistable Delta Sil-Metropole Organization Stars Shine Blue Seas Productions
Distributor
EDKO Films
Cold War (Chinese Title: 寒戰 ) is a 2012 Hong Kong police thriller directed by Sunny Luk and Longman Leung. After five HKPF officers are taken hostage by a mysterious gang of kidnappers during a routine patrol, rival deputy police commissioners Sean Lau (Aaron Kwok ) and Waise Lee (Tony Leung Ka Fai ) fight to take control of the rescue operation, codenamed "COLD WAR". While attempting to free the hostages, Lau and Lee are unwittingly drawn into a larger, more sinister conspiracy within the Hong Kong Police Department.
The following weapons were used in the film Cold War :
Pistols
SIG-Sauer P250 Compact
The SIG-Sauer P250 Compact is used by senior HKPF officers throughout the film. Head kidnapper and ex-cop Chan Bun (Byron Mann ) also uses a P250 in a later scene.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Deputy Commissioner Lau (Aaron Kwok ) fires a SIG-Sauer P250 Compact after being ambushed on the highway.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Deputy Commissioner Lee (Tony Leung Ka Fai ) loads his pistol.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chan Bun (Byron Mann ) aims a P250.
SIG-Sauer P228
A kidnapper is briefly seen with a SIG-Sauer P228 while moving the hostages to another location.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hostages are moved by the kidnappers.
Glock 17
Glock 17 pistols with tactical lights are used by Special Duties Unit (SDU) officers when they storm a ship looking for the hostages and later while confronting the kidnappers in an office tower.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3rd Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm. Note the finger grooves, thumb reliefs, and accessory rail on the frame, which differentiate it from the older model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A SDU officer with a Glock 17 opens a hatch.
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Revolvers
Smith & Wesson Model 10
Uniformed HKPF officers use Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers as their standard issue sidearm.
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Shotguns
Remington 870
A Remington 870 shotgun with a tactical light is used by Chan Bun when he ambushes Deputy Commissioner Lau on a highway.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 870 with Surefire dedicated forend weaponlight - 12 gauge.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bun blasts Lau's taxi with a round from his Remington 870.
Submachine Guns
Heckler & Koch MP5A2
A HKPF officer wields a Heckler & Koch MP5A2 while searching a suspicious vehicle.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer gets out of a police cruiser with a MP5A2 in hand.
Heckler & Koch MP5A3
SDU officers are mostly armed with Heckler & Koch MP5A3 submachine guns with Surefire dedicated weaponlights. A kidnapper also uses one in the final shootout after retrieving it from a fallen SDU officer.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing SDU officers search the ship.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A kidnapper fires a captured MP5A3.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing SDU officers advance past Deputy Commissioner Lee.
Rifles
Colt M4A1 Carbine
A few SDU operators, most notably Commander Michael Shek (Andy On ), use M4A1 carbines equipped with foregrips, tactical lights, Magpul CTR buttstocks and Aimpoint red dot sights.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing SDU operators prepare to storm a cargo ship.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of a M4A1 Carbine. Note Ambi-selector.
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AKS-47
The kidnappers use an AKS-47 rifle to threaten the hostages, and later while ambushing Deputy Commissioner Lau on the highway.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The kidnappers threaten a hostage with an AKS-47.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A kidnapper fires an AKS-47 from his van.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The kidnapper covers his comrade as he hijacks another car.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The kidnapper fires his AKS-47 at Superintendent Tsui's approaching car.
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare
SDU snipers use an Accuracy International Arctic Warfare sniper rifle to cover the assault teams when they raid a ship looking for the hostages.
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Other
Gas Launcher
The kidnappers use a launcher to fire a smoke grenade into a police van.
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Fireworks
The kidnappers use a cache of high-grade fireworks as improvised rocket launchers to fend off Michael's SDU team during the climatic gun battle. In real life, fireworks are illegal to possess without a permit from the government.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A SDU entry team is blasted by a cartload of fireworks.