Now apparently, and I didn't know this until I just looked it up, S Storm (which means absolutely nothing in the context of this film) is a sequel to a film called Z Storm that was released a couple of years ago.

So I did briefly wonder if the reason why I didn't like this was because I was lost. But I really don't think I was - S Storm is just shit. It's a very, very bad film with absolutely awful acting from almost everyone involved except Bowie Lam. At times I'm pretty sure I sensed a tinge of embarrassment about being in this from him, and that would be fair enough because he's easily the best thing in…

The ICAC (led by Louis Koo) teams up with a police squad to fight the gambling mafia in Hong Kong...
Fortunately S STORM didn't mean shit storm but is a small improvement over the last HK output I've seen. It's also not a sequel to Z STORM but stand on its own only carrying over Louis Koo's character.
The plot is pretty basic and well-paced without any surprises. For those who know their HK crime cinema will find the usual genre tropes like car chases, surveillance propaganda, melodrama and English speaking bad guys (consequently cast with bad actors).
Louis Koo - who can be a great actor - is totally on autopilot here giving us his trademark smirk way too…

There is no denying that there's a type of film that I can't say no to and that's film's like "S Storm." This is a sequel to a film called "Z Storm" from a couple years back. That film's biggest crime was, how forgettable it was. It was fine in the moment. It made me go "Yep, this is a modern day Hong Kong crime thriller about corruption." It was empty, but it was shiny. It had good looking actors and it looked quite expensive. As far as my personal taste was concerned, it was the epitome of polishing a turd. I've given it two stars back then, simply because it was similar enough to movies I'd like. I couldn't…