P Storm

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Well, I just finished watching all 4 movies in the "Storm" franchise that have come out so far, in one go, in chronological order. In my opinion, Z Storm was boring, S Storm was passable, L Storm was good, and this one was decent. The plot in this one is probably the less elaborate plot out of all the plots in the 4 movies, but the characters and acting in this one is on point (for once), and there's plenty of action. It was also fun to see one of the minor bad guys from the first movie, Z Storm, return in this one. L Storm is still my favourite in the franchise so far, but I liked this one as well. Strangely enough, this franchise doesn't seem to follow the cliche of the sequels being worse than the originals. I'd say L Storm and P storm are both much better than S Storm, and especially, Z Storm, so in this case the later movies are the better ones. In my opinion that is. Now to wait for the fifth movie, G Storm, whenever that comes out. I wonder just how many of these they intend to make, lol. :-P

This one is far much better than the first one (Z Storm). I gave Z 5 points, and this one 7 points.

The story is so lame that it's like watching a really really fake movie. Looks like they didn't have anything to do and just decided to make up a story and make a movie out of it. The acting was good though.

It is tedious to see Koo in every of the HK film. Not that he has default in his acting, but we need some new faces to refresh our interest. Having said that I do appreciate what Koo has done to our society and in entertainment circle. He is the chairman of actors' union. He helps a lot of actors in need and in sickness. His contribution to society is beyond doubt. Come back to the movie, its plot is ok. Acting of supporting lead is satisfactory. Not a bad time killer.

After the sad mess that was L Storm, P Storm surprisingly arrived in theatres barely a year later. And they brought back nearly everyone from L Storm, which might have been a shame. Thankfully, the plot holes aren't as bad, since this instalment literally takes place in a jail. Raymond Lam is the TVB bad guy of the show, and in a movie chock full of every police cliche ever, manages to surprise with the amount of effort he puts in to make his character despicable and utterly mean from his first scene, a feat no villain in the Storm series certainly achieved. Gordon Lam's arrested cop returns from Z Storm in a rare bit of continuity, and showcases cliched attempts at revenge. While he does turn good at the end, I would have liked it if he had learnt better while in there. Adam Pak returns fresh from his Hong Kong Film Awards nomination for L Storm as a newbie police officer, and he is servicable for the little amount of screen time. Poor Liu Kai-chi returns once again, which is sad considering how good he was in "Project Gutenberg". Louis Cheung also returns to provide welcome warmth and comic relief in the cold prison cell, and demonstrates surprising dramatic ability that might be considered wasted in these cliched shows. What do I know, since this movie made over 700 million yuan in China? I know there's going to be a G Storm coming next year, and I sincerely hope it won't take us back to L Storm levels of bad.