''Crisis Route'' is an upcoming

Hong Kong action film Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. Action films from Hong Kong have roots in Chinese culture, Chinese and Culture of Hong Kong, Hong Kong cultures including Chinese opera, storytelling an ...

written and directed by

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, produced by and starring

Andy Lau Andy Lau Tak-wah (; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maint ...

. Lau plays an international security expert who combats against hijackers on board the

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. The film was first announced in March 2020 and production officially began on 27 September 2021 and ended on 19 November 2021.

Plot

Gao Haojun is a former

Special Police Special police usually describes a police, police force or unit within a police force whose duties and responsibilities are significantly different from other forces in the same country or from other police in the same force, although there is no ...

officer. One time while subduing robbers who were robbing a jewelry shop, Gao accidentally blinds his daughter, Xiaojun, which shatters his family and is guilt ridden as a result. After his wife, Yuan, leaves him with their daughter, Gao resigns from the police force and becomes an international security expert. Years later, Gao bumps into his ex-wife and daughter while boarding the luxurious

. However, during the flight, 12 hijackers seize the plane and hold its 800 passengers hostage while at over 10,000 feet in the air. As the hijackers mercilessly kill passengers on the economy class, Gao steps forward and engages in a battle of brains and brawns against the hijackers where Xiaojun also secretly assists her father by providing him intel.

Cast

as Gao Haojun (高皓軍), an international security expert and former

officer. *

Zhang Zifeng Zhang Zifeng (born 27 August 2001), also known as Wendy Zhang, is a Chinese actress currently attending Beijing Film Academy. She is widely considered one of the best young actors in China today. In 2012 she won Best Newcomer at the 31st Hundr ...

as Gao Xiaojun (高小軍), Gao's 18-year-old blind daughter who has great observation skills despite her disability. *

Qu Chuxiao Qu Chuxiao (, born 28 December 1994) is a Chinese actor. Early life and education Qu received his bachelor's degree from the Central Academy of Drama in 2017. Career Qu made his acting debut in 2016 with a leading role in the romance web serie ...

Liu Tao Liu Tao (, born 12 July 1978) is a Chinese actress from Nanchang, Jiangxi. She is known for her roles in ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' (2003), ''Madame White Snake'' (2006), ''Mazu'' (2012), ''To Elderly With Love'' (2013), ''Nirvana in Fire'' ...

as Fu Yuan (傅源), Gao's ex-wife and Xiaojun's mother. *Guo Xiaodong as Li Hangyu (李航宇), CEO of Hangyu Airlines. *

Jiang Mengjie Jiang Mengjie (, born 7 December 1989) is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her role as Lin Daiyu in 2010 television series '' The Dream of Red Mansions''. Personal life Jiang was born in Wuhu, Anhui on December 7, 1989. She was a gradua ...

Jiang Chao Jiang Chao (, born 12 August 1991), also known as Jo Jiang, is a Chinese actor and singer. He graduated in Beijing Contemporary Music Academy, and was the Jinan region's champion in the singing contest '' Super Boy'' (2010). He is noted for his ...

*Gao Shuguang *Wang Longzheng *

Eric Chou Eric Chou (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chiu Hin-chet, born 22 June 1995) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. He has been dubbed by the Taiwanese media as "king of the lovelorn people". Chou's self-composed smash hit "The Distance of Love", the ...

*Zhang Yao *Zhang Yang

Production

Universe Entertainment chairman Daneil Lam first announced the film in March 2020, where it was titled ''A380'', and was in talks with

to star while production was set to begin in summer of the year. On 9 March 2021, it was announced that Lau will be starring in the film as well as serving as producer, with Alvin Lam as co-producing and

directing.

and

were also confirmed to be participating in the film, respectively playing the wife and daughter of Lau's character. With the film's title changed to ''Crisis Route'', production was set to begin in early September of the year. Principal photography for the film officially began on 27 September 2021, which was also Lau's 60th birthday, in

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

. The film held a production commencement ceremony that day as well as a birthday celebration for Lau. An interactive teaser poster was released which features a QR code when scanned with a cellular phone, an announcement of a plane hijacking can heard spoken by actor Guo Xiaodong, who plays a CEO of an airline company in the film. Being the first Chinese-language film to feature the interior of the

, the film reportedly spent HK$300 million to build a 1:1 replica of the aircraft. Production for ''Crisis Route'' officially wrapped up on 19 November 2021.

References

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