Europe Raiders
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| Directed by | Jingle Ma |
| Written by | Jingle Ma |
| Produced by | Riccardo Neri Wong Kar-wai |
| Starring | Tony Leung Chiu-wai Kris Wu Tiffany Tang Du Juan George Lam |
| Distributed by | Jet Tone Films Inlook Media[1] |
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| Countries | Hong Kong China |
| Language | Cantonese |
Europe Raiders (Chinese: 欧洲攻略) is a 2018 action thriller film. It is the third film in the Jingle Ma-directed Hong Kong cinema franchise, following Tokyo Raiders (2000) and Seoul Raiders (2006).[2] The film was released on August 17, 2018.[3]
Plot
Mr. Lin and Ms. Wang, two bounty hunters, have to find Hand of God. Sophie wanted Rocky released from prison to obtain the software upgrades to the Hand of God which was created by him.
Lin Zai Feng and Wang Chao Ying are known respectively as the undisputed number 1 and 2 of the bounty hunter world for many years. When a surveillance program 'God's Hand‘ created by world's top hacker Mercury gets stolen by Sophie, the CIA sends both Lin and Wang to investigate.
Cast
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Mr. Lin
- Kris Wu as Rocky
- Tiffany Yan Tang as Ms. Wang
- Du Juan as Sophie
- George Lam
- Jakob Graf as Peter Lawson
- Alberto Lancellotti as an Italian mafia boss [4]
- Daniel Gutin as CIA Intelligence Director [5]
Production
Filming began on August 31, 2016 in Italy.[6]
Reception
As of the opening weekend, the Europe Raiders film has received a score of 9/10 review from Avi Offer, a movie critique, who said it was a crowd pleasing thrill ride.[7]
The film debuted promisingly in second place on its opening Friday in China, but dropped off to the fifth and the seventh place on the weekend due to terrible word of mouth.[8]
It currently holds a 3.7 out of 10 on the Chinese review site Douban.[9]
References
- ^ "Filmart: Jet Tone Unveils 'Europe Raiders' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ "Tony Leung, Kris Wu Set As 'Europe Raiders'". Variety. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ "梁朝伟《欧洲攻略》曝预告定档8.17". Mtime (in Chinese). July 17, 2018.
- ^ "Alberto Lancellotti". IMDb.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "Daniel Gutin". IMDb.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "《欧洲攻略》开拍 梁朝伟吴亦凡唐嫣造型曝光". Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ^ "Europe Raiders Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ https://www.screendaily.com/news/china-box-office-the-island-holds-off-the-meg-for-top-spot/5131752.article
- ^ https://movie.douban.com/subject/26351812/
