# Shock Wave (2017)

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**Original title**: *拆彈專家*
**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Action, Crime, Adventure, Thriller
**Directed by**: Herman Yau
**Written by**: Herman Yau, Erica Li
**Starring**: Andy Lau, Jiang Wu, Philip Keung Ho-Man, Ron Ng Cheuk-Hai, BabyJohn Choi Hon-Yik, Song Jia

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Hong Kong dawn, rush-hour drizzle on steel tracks.

A bomb vest glints under fluorescent lights, hostages pressed against concrete walls.

Yau’s claustrophobic fireworks keep the bullets close and the S.A.R. flag closer.

**Mood tags**: dread, raw

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