Shock Wave 2

Shock Wave 2 (2020)

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After suffering life changing injuries in the line of duty, bomb disposal officer Fung turns his back on the police. But when a devastating series of bombings sweep Hong Kong, the police suspect their former ally may be involved after he is found unconscious at a crime scene. Now faced with memory loss and recalling only fragments of his former life, Fung sets out to uncover the truth and find out who he really is.

Date of release
2020-12-24
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (186)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Director
Herman Yau
Collection
Shock Wave Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Shock Wave 2 is a 2020 Hong Kong-Chinese action film written and directed by Herman Yau, produced by and starring Andy Lau. The film is a standalone sequel to the 2017 film Shock Wave, featuring a new storyline and characters. In the film, Lau plays a former bomb disposal officer who falls into a coma in an explosion, resulting in amnesia, and becomes a top suspect of a terrorist attack. After being apprehended, he escapes from custody as a fugitive to piece together his identity and the in and outs of the incident.

Production

A sequel to Shock Wave was first announced by producer and star Andy Lau during a celebration event for the film on 4 May 2017. On 16 March 2018, Universe Entertainment confirmed this and released a teaser film poster. Lau returned as producer and star while Herman Yau as director. Daneil Lam also announced that production would commence in 2019, and that it would be a standalone sequel with new characters and a new story line.

On 8 March 2019 while attending as a presenter for the 25th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award ceremony, Andy Lau revealed that he had begun working on the filming of Shock Wave 2, and appearing in a new hairstyle look for his role in the film. On 11 March, reporters spotted the crew filming a scene around Fa Yuen Street and Golden Fish Street in Mongkok, where director Herman Yau and cast members Ni Ni and Timmy Hung were present.

On 30 March, filming of a car explosion scene took place in Temple Street where cast members Andy Lau, Sean Lau, Keung, Ng and Wong were present. Real firefighters and paramedics were employed for the filming of this scene instead of using extra actors On 27 April, filming of a major explosion scene involving Lau dropping a grenade into a sandbag defence place in East Tsim Sha Tsui.

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