The Viral Factor
Two brothers, divided by the stringent line of the law, set out to bring down a deadly criminal leader in this big-budget Hong Kong action film.
Jon (Jay Choy) is a former law enforcer who discovers he has an estranged brother, Yang (Nicholas Tse), a wanted criminal. After a conflicted reunion, they team up and attempt to hunt down Yang's criminal boss across the Middle East, Malaysia and Hong Kong before he can unleash a deadly virus.
2011Rating: R16, contains violenceHong KongCantonese with English subtitles
ActionWorld Cinema
- Director:
- Dante Lam ('The Stool Pigeon', 'The Beast Stalker', 'Vampire Effect', 'Beast Cops')
- Writer:
- Dante LamCandy LeungWai Lun Ng
- Cast:
- Jay ChouNicholas TseAndy OnSteven DaszAndrew DaszBing Bai
The Viral Factor / Reviews
Variety
Globetrotting, gun toting, car chases, explosions: The Viral Factor has all the action-junkie goods and then some.
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Wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. But the merging of the two is clumsy, and so is the film.
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Los Angeles Times
A John Woo vibe of operatically staged action laced with pumped-up personal stakes.
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