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Updated: 2012-11-09 07:53 By Liu Wei ( China Daily)  Deep in
suspense  Warm your winter with Cold War, touted to be the best
Hong Kong police thriller after the Infernal Affairs series,
which was remade into the Academy Award-winning The Departed by
Martin Scorsese in 2006. Liu Wei reviews.  Two first-time
directors have reprised the glory of a classic Hong Kong film
genre, Cold War, with the support of a stellar cast.  In the cop
thriller, some of Hong Kong's most acclaimed veteran actors,
such as Tony Leung Ka-fai, Aaron Kwok and Andy Lau flexed their
muscles as they stage a war inside Hong Kong police force.
Promising young actors including Eddie Peng and Aarif Rahman
play supporting roles.  The story began when a van carrying five
policemen was hijacked and disappeared from the police radar.
Two deputy commissioners, played by Leung and Kwok, strongly
disagreed on how to deal with the crisis. Some critics have
labeled the movie as the best Hon