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Purple Storm is a Hongkongais film of genre Science fiction with Josie Ho

Purple Storm (1999)

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Purple Storm (Chinese: 紫雨風暴) is a 1999 Hong Kong action film directed by Teddy Chan, and narrated by Daniel Wu, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Kam Kwok-leung and Emil Chau. The film was released on 25 November 1999. The American version was released by Touchstone Pictures and Millennium Films.

Synopsis

Soong, a Khmer Rouge terrorist with plans to seed clouds with the chemical weapon Ricin-X, sends his son, Todd Nguyen his friend Guan Ai, to Hong Kong in a North Korean ship. On board is a container of the lethal poison, which the Koreans send an assassination team to retrieve. The Koreans are killed and Todd is knocked unconscious. The Hong Kong marine police showed up, forcing Guan to dump the container overboard and escape. She could not kill Todd to prevent his capture by the police.

Actors

Josie Ho

(Guan Ai)
Daniel Wu

(Todd)
Joan Chen

(Shirley Kwan)
Patrick Tam

(O. B.)
Theresa Lee Yee Hung

(Cindy (or) Cheryl)
Michael Tong

(Mike - ATF officer)
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