Azrael Chung
Winner Profile
Best Editing
Editor, Shock Wave 2
Jury Citation
The editing of Shock Wave 2 is skilful. Using fragmented editing, it embeds decisive moments into real time and space to recover the character's memories. In a narrative spanning multiple timelines and threads, it keeps each line clear and brings out the character's journey from hero to criminal and back to hero. Winner of Best Editing.
Shock Wave 2: Synopsis
A bomb explodes somewhere in Hong Kong. Former bomb disposal expert Poon Shing-fung (Andy Lau) is found unconscious at the scene and suspected by the police of involvement. After he wakes, Poon has to uncover the truth while on the run. But his friend Tung Cheuk-man (Lau Ching-wan) and his ex-girlfriend Pong Ling (Ni Ni) tell him two very different stories. As planned bombings follow one after another, the truth becomes ever more elusive...