Where the Wind Blows

Where the Wind Blows

The most momentous but unacknowledged chapter in the past thirty years of Hong Kong's history

Directed by Philip Yung Chi-Kwong

Produced by Mei Ah Entertainment, Dadi Film Group

2023144 min5.6 / 10

A sprawling, morally complex crime drama spanning decades of Hong Kong's colonial transition, tracing the rise and corruption of two policemen caught between institutional power and personal ambition.

The decades spanning story of two very different policemen who rise to power in Hong Kong during British rule, and end up at odds with both organised crime groups and the anti-corruption unit vowing to bring them down.

Questions people ask

  • Is Where the Wind Blows scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Where the Wind Blows sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Where the Wind Blows violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Where the Wind Blows end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Where the Wind Blows easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity25

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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