the captain

Well Go USA Picks Coming Soon To Blu-Ray And DVD: THE WITCH: SUBVERSION And THE CAPTAIN

Well Go USA is on a roll this week in Berlin seeing what’s what in global cinema. For now, two more of their latest announcements are heading to physical media with New World and The Tiger helmer Park Hoon-jung’s suspenseful supernationl actioner, The Witch: Subversion, and Andrew Lau’s harrowing in-flight ripped-from-the-headlines survival adventure, The Captain. Award-winning actress Kim Da-mi stars in The Witch: Subversion, playing title role of a young girl ten years since having escaped a secure facility, who now in her budding teens suddenly finds her life in turmoil when mysterious people begin turning up. Actor Choi Woo-shik (Parasite, Train To Busan) also stars for the film’s forthcoming Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD release on March 10. On March 31, the Planos, Texas firm will also take off on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD with The Captain, which took home ample accolades for actrees Quan Yuan (Actress of the Year […]

THE CAPTAIN Review: Andrew Lau’s Latest Weathers A Turbulent Take-Off For A Riveting Tale Of Teamwork

Lee B. Golden III

The Captain, the latest in ripped-from-the-headlines feature films pre-empted by real-life events of peril, takes firmly to its patriotic tropes as much as it does to the roaring skies above. It’s about as by-the-numbers as you would expect from a film of its kind whilst achieving its own usual highs and lows, and where its many strengths stem from its central focus on the crux of the film. It’s 2018 and a plane bound for Lhasa is set to take off from Chongqing. Director Andrew Lau’s primary introduction reveals tried-and-tested air force veteran and Sichuan Airlines pilot, Captain Liu (Zhang Hanyu), before diving right into the well-oiled machinized inner-workings of the airport and aircrew itself – from the weather analysis right down to the flight attendants. Much of the in-betweens of the film for a little over a half hour focus on growing some of the more interpersonal story arcs […]

THE CAPTAIN Salutes UK & ROI With Release From Cine Asia

Lee B. Golden III

With Well Go USA’s own release in tow, Cine Asia is lining up its UK/ROI release of Andrew Lau’s new ripped-from-the-headlines high altitude thriller, The Captain. From critically acclaimed director Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs trilogy) comes The Captain, a thrilling new epic based on an incredible true story. In May 2018, during a normal flight aboard Sichuan Airlines, the cockpit windshield shattered while flying 30,000 feet above the Tibetan Plateau. With a co-pilot fighting for his life and passengers in panic and losing consciousness, the plane’s heroic captain (Zhang Hanyu, Operation Red Sea, Operation Mekong) defied all odds and successfully landed the plane in one of the most miraculous emergency landings in Chinese aviation history. What he achieved under pressure is revered to this day. Charged with suspense and stunning action, and visual effects from the team behind Monster Hunt and Hero, The Captain is a true epic and a […]

THE CAPTAIN Takes To U.S. Screens October 4!

Lee B. Golden III

It was last week when Well Go USA publicly acquired the rights to Andrew Lau’s true survival tale, The Captain. That film is now poised for a select release beginning October 4 and us folks here in the states now have a trailer to help get settled. Hanyu Zhang leads the way for what is being billed as “Lau’s cinematic portrayal of the most miraculous emergency landing in the contemporary history of Chinese aviation”. The Captain is based on an incident that occurred on a Monday morning in May 2018 when a Sichuan Airlines flight from Chongqing to Lhasa spiraled into chaos after the windshiled cockpit collapsed, leaving the occupants to endure low pressure at high altitudes over the Tibetan Plateau as Captain Liu Chuanjian took charge and fought through fearsome odds to bring everyone home. Also starring are Jiang Du and Qin Li!