''Europe Raiders'' () is a 2018
action thriller
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film directed by
Jingle Ma
Jingle Ma Cho Shing (; born 1957) is a Hong Kong-based writer and director, best known for his action films such as ''Tokyo Raiders'' and ''Seoul Raiders''.
Filmography
References
External links
*Jingle MaaLoveHKFilm.comHK cinemagic entry , as the third film in his ''Raiders'' franchise, following ''
Tokyo Raiders
''Tokyo Raiders'' is a 2000 Hong Kong Hong Kong action cinema, action film set in Hong Kong and Tokyo, directed by Jingle Ma and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ekin Cheng and Kelly Chen. The success of the film led to the making of its sequel, '' ...
'' (2000) and ''
Seoul Raiders
''Seoul Raiders'' is a 2005 Hong Kong action film co-written and directed by Jingle Ma and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Richie Jen and Shu Qi. The film is a sequel to the 2000 film '' Tokyo Raiders''.
Plot
Agent Lam teams up with JJ to track ...
'' (2006). The film was released on August 17, 2018. The movie's dialogue contains several lines of
Klingon
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Developed by screenwriter Gene L. Coon in 1967 for the original ''Star Trek'' (''TOS'') series, Klingons were swarthy humanoids c ...
.
Plot
Lam Choi Fung and Wang Chao Ying are known respectively as the number 1 and 2 of the bounty hunter world for many years. When a surveillance programme 'Hand of God‘ created by world's top hacker Mercury gets stolen, the CIA sends both Lam and Wang to investigate.
Cast
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai
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as Mr. Lam
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Kris Wu
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; born 6 November 1990), known professionally as Kris Wu, is a Canadian former rapper, singer, actor and model, and convicted serial rapist. He is a former member of South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo and its subgroup Exo-M under SM Ent ...
as Rocky
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Tiffany Tang
Tang Yan (, born 6 December 1983), also known as Tiffany Tang, is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2006. In 2007, she was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Shanghai Television Festival for ...
as Ms. Wang
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Du Juan
Du Juan (; born September 15, 1982, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese actress, model, and former ballet dancer. She remains the first and only East Asian model to be on the cover of ''Vogue Paris'' and has appeared on the cover of ''Vogue China ...
as Sophie
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George Lam
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as Mercury
*Jakob Graf as Peter Lawson
*Alberto Lancellotti as an Italian mafia boss
*Daniel Gutin as CIA Intelligence Director
Special guest appearance
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Cung Le
Cung Le ( vi, Lê Cung; born May 25, 1972) is a Vietnamese-born American actor, retired mixed martial artist, Sanshou fighter and kickboxer. He competed as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), holding a record of ...
as Black Mantis
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Jeeja Yanin as White Mantis
Production
Filming began on August 31, 2016 in
Italy
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Reception
As of the opening weekend, the Europe Raiders film has received a score of 9/10 review from Avi Offer, who described it as a crowd pleasing thrill ride.
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.
References
External links
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Hong Kong action thriller films
Hong Kong sequel films
Films directed by Jingle Ma
Films shot in Italy
2018 action thriller films
2010s Mandarin-language films
Chinese action thriller films
2018 films
2010s Hong Kong films