Fan's of action packed thrillers in general will certainly know Hong Kong's Dante Lam a film maker who is constantly trying to outdo himself every film. Lam rarely let's his fanbase down always exciting action with a little dose of melodrama thrown in and his latest flick THE VIRAL FACTOR certainly looks his most ambitious films to date.
The film stars Jay Chou (The Green Hornet) along with Lam regular Nicholas Tse as estranged brothers at the opposite sides of the law, Chou a counter terrorism unit leader who goes up against Tse a rogue agent.A battle that sees the hunt jump from Hong Kong to Malaysia to Middle East and back to Hong Kong in a bid to prevent a deadly virus been released.
The Viral Factor is set to be released in Hong Kong on January 19th, 2012 and co-stars Andy On, Carl Ng and Bai Bing. Check out the full trailer and new poster below.
A mission to escort a witness from Jordan to the Netherlands leaves International Security Affairs agent Jon severely scarred: a bullet is lodged in his brain, his fiancée and fellow agent Rita is dead and their traitorous colleague Sean has nabbed their witness. While contemplating leaving the force, he finds out that his father and brother, Wan Yang, are still alive. In his search for them, he discovers that his brother is working as a mercenary for Sean, who has evil plans to force scientist Rachel to cultivate a mutating virus to unleash on the world. The brothers unite to stop Sean but finds out that he has an even bigger plan for international blackmail. The battle heads to a showdown in Hong Kong where Sean has decided to release the strain of deadly virus.
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