The Looming Storm
Seen it?2017 | 120 min | Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for armchair detectives and people who like their stories with a little danger. The investigation drives everything, one lead at a time. A good follow-up to The Maltese Falcon or Evil Under the Sun.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Wastes no time getting going, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- It's in Chinese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you want something to relax to.
Yu, a self-assured factory guard, fancies himself a detective and begins poking his nose into a murder investigation.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
Our audience score: 55%
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Dong Yue
- Duan YihongYu Guowei
- Jiang YiyanYanzi
- Du YuanCaptain Lao Zhang
- Zheng WeiXiao Liu
- Zheng ChuyiDeputy Li
- Williams ZhangSong Jun
- Liu TaoMiddle Aged Woman
- Guo JiulongWatchman
- Chen GangTruck Driver
- Li HongleiLao Jin