Cold War 1994
New York Asian Film Festival 2026
July 10 - 23
Longman Leung’s Cold War blockbuster prequel rewinds to 1994 and old-school Hong Kong cinema, where a tycoon kidnapping unleashes cops, spies, triads, ransom panic, and colonial paranoia in a city changing hands.
Screening + Q&A
Q&A with Daniel Wu
Monday, July 20
Showtimes
Mon, July 20
Tue, July 21
Screening + Q&A
Q&A with Daniel Wu
Monday, July 20
The Cold War franchise rewinds to street-level 1994, three years before the handover, when Hong Kong is rich, jumpy, and still wired into the machinery of colonial power. A tycoon’s kidnapping pulls police brass, British intelligence, titans of industry, and the underworld into a four-way conflict over power and survival. Exploring the origins of Cold War’s institutional combat, Longman Leung lets something older and rougher break through: triad succession drama, ransom panic, restaurant shootouts, and hard-driving men trying to secure their place by force in a city on the cusp of historic change. Daniel Wu, Terrance Lau, and Louise Wong lead the 1994 story, with Wu Kang-ren, Tse Kwan-ho, Fish Liew, Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones), and Hugh Bonneville in the fray.
The July 20 screening is Premium pricing. Tickets are $30 for the General Public, $27 for students, seniors (62+), and persons with disabilities, and $25 for FLC and NYAFF Members; not eligible for 3+ Film Package.
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