SummaryIDC Agent Jon sustains grave injuries on a mission and decides to spend his final days with his mother. She tells him a long-held secret. To fulfill her wishes, Jon goes to Southeast Asia. He befriends medical specialist Rachel. When she is forced into the schemes of a criminal organization, Jon attempts rescue and becomes the target of the organ... Read More
Directed By:Dante Lam
Written By:Dante Lam, Candy Leung, Wai-Lun Ng
The Viral Factor
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Jan 19, 2012
50
The Viral Factor is deliriously far-fetched. And one wishes director Dante Lam (The Beast Stalker) could have at least had some giddy fun smashing all his toys around. But his new film is tediously overwrought and drably made, with scenes punctuated by synthesized drums out of eighties American TV drama.
Jan 20, 2012
40
The helmer's blockbuster ambitions, striving to make every move a money shot, relegate human drama to the backseat.
Jan 18, 2012
38
The apparent byproduct of watching too much Bad Boys II, The Viral Factor is a cops-and-criminals saga slathered in glossy Michael Bay-isms.
Jan 19, 2012
30
The Viral Factor wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. But the merging of the two genres by Dante Lam, a director based in Hong Kong, is clumsy, and so is the film.
Jan 17, 2012
30
It's an overloaded, overwrought, profligate production inclined to hysteria and, in cumulative effect, something like being pelted with scenes until buried alive - but it helps keep it from being boring.
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Production Company:
- Beijing Universe Starlight Culture Media
- Emperor Motion Pictures
- Huayi Brothers Media
Release Date:Jan 20, 2012
Duration:2 h
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Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards
• 7 Nominations
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
