The White Storm 2: Drug Lords is a 2019 Hong Kong action film directed by Herman Yau, produced by and starring Andy Lau.

Using his wealth and former triad connections, he orders several hits and coordinates a chain of dog-eat-dog events which shocks the whole drug trade, putting the players on high alert.

Police chief inspector Lam Ching-fung and his team conduct drug raids involving Yu's men, and Afghani gangs.

Yu then offers a bounty of HK$100 million to kill the number one drug dealer in Hong Kong, which causes a stir in the criminal underworld and society at large.

Enraged by the death of his wife, Yu launches an all-out attack on Jizo, eventually cornering him in a subway tunnel.

[5][6] On 17 July 2018, at around 8:00 PM, filming of an action scene involving a gun fight and auto chase took place in Fenwick Pier, where cast members Lau and Carlos Chan were present.

[16] On 22 July 2018, the film held its first press conference in the form of a drug sweep ceremony at a 1:1 replica set of the Central MTR Station at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal which took over five months to construct with a cost of over HK$10 million.

The promotion event was attended by director Yau along with cast members Lau, Koo, Michael Miu, Cherrie Ying, Chrissie Chau, Michelle Wai, and Cheung Kwok-keung.

During the event, Lau and Koo were driven to the MTR station in a police cruiser, while Miu, who portrays a chief superintendent officer, leads a drug raid operation in the set where director Yau and the cast swept away prop cocaine on the ground with brooms.

[18][19] As filming was coming to an end, a production wrap up ceremony for the film was held on 31 August 2018, at the Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, attended by director Yau and cast members Lau, Koo, Miu, Lam, Cheung, Kent Cheng, and Jimmy Au.

[20][21][22] Filming for The White Storm 2: Drug Lords officially concluded on 12 September 2018, after shooting its final scene on location at the actual Central MTR Station with Lau, Miu, and director Yau present.

[citation needed] The White Storm 2: Drug Lords was shown at the closing of the 18th New York Asian Film Festival on 14 July 2019, as well as competing for the Audience Award.

[24] Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter praises the film's finale action sequence and Louis Koo's performance for making up the shortcomings in narrative logic and editorial and describes the film as "a leaner entertainment-for-entertainment’s-sake exercise that's ideal for the summer season" compared to its predecessor.

[25] Richard Kuipers of Variety praised the film's shootout and car stunt sequences staged by Gobi Ng with minimal special effects and other technical aspects such as Joe Chan's cinematography and Renee Wong's production design as well as performances by Andy Lau and Koo, referring to the former's as "charismatic" and the latter's as "enjoyable.

"[27] Andrew Chan of Film Critics Circle of Australia gave the film a score of 7.5/10 on his blog, praising Lau's understated performance of displaying internal turmoil and Koo's impactful performance as the villain and concludes it as "an enjoyable ride with all that is happening in the reality of Hong Kong today.

[34] David Aril of The Star notes the lack of consistent and compelling antagonism between the two main characters, but credits the action unit and stunt team who "outperform those on scripting duties.

[44] The White Storm 2: Drug Lords grossed a total of ¥1,312,886,000[45] at the Chinese box office after ending its theatrical run on 13 September 2019, making it the highest-grossing Hong Kong film in China until it was overtaken by Lau and Yau's next collaboration, Shock Wave 2, in 2021.

[51] The White Storm 2: Drug Lords grossed a total of HK$24,813,706 at the Hong Kong box office after ending its theatrical run on 4 September 2019, making it the second-highest domestic film of 2019 in the territory.

[52] Composer: Jacky Cai Lyricist: Andy Lau Singer: Andy Lau, Louis Koo In March 2020, Universe Entertainment chairman Daneil Lam announced to the Hong Kong press that a sequel to the film, titled The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell, was being written and was slated to begin production in July of the year, with Herman Yau set to return as director, and will star returning cast members Louis Koo and Sean Lau, the latter making his return since the first film, joined by new cast member Aaron Kwok, while Andy Lau is unable to return as he will be starring in another Universe production, the aerial disaster-themed action film, Crisis Route (formerly titled A380).