Zhang wrote the film with scribe Wei Li and has Deng Chao, Sun Li, Zheng Kai, Guan Xiaotong, Wang Qianyuan, Wu Lei, Hu Jun and Wang Jingchun all comprising the cast line-up. Watch the new teaser below!
Thanks to the good graces of China Lion, Li Xinyun’s new action comedy, Lobster Cop, is headed for a same-day U.S./China release on June 22. There’s no available English premise but its trailer makes it entertainingly clear with a deep cover unit that sets up its latest drug bust at a seafood eatery.
Nom-noms and slapstick are abound and actor Wang Qianyuan completely owns his role here and the hilarity he pours out with on screen. He stars along with Teng Shen, Yuan Shanshan, Liu Hua and Zhou You and of course, the U.S. rollout will likely be limited, so check available locations and get your tickets then.
China isn’t falling asleep at all these days. Riding the coat tails of its successes in military-centric cinema, we now have actor Li Chen (Chronicles Of The Ghostly Tribe) who has since taken the mantle with his own directorial debut on Sky Hunter, currently poised for a September 29 release in China.
Not to subject itself too much to period pieces to stand on its own, China’s latest propaganda push is going vertical this year in Chronicles Of The Ghostly Tribe star Li Chen’s latest, Sky Hunter. There’s not much in terms of an available plot here but the first teaser is now online with lots of military muscle and might to gin up attention, along with some starpower joinihg Chen with actress Fan Bingbing and actor Wang Qianyuan.
Sweet Alibi helmer Lien Yi-Chi’s latest, Peace Breaker, is officially stamped for an August 18 release in China and a new official trailer is making the rounds. Those keen on Asian cinema will find themselves in familiar territory, with this particular story – taking cues from its hit 2014 South Korean predecessor, A Hard Day, in which a morally bent detective, in the wake of a family member’s death, tries to cover up an accidental crime only to find himself in deeper and deadlier straits.
You know the old saying “crime doesn’t pay, right?”. Well, underlying sardonic messaging there in Kim Seoung-Hun’s acclaimed 2014 crime thriller, A Hard Day, served amply instrumental in its seething and searing delivery with Lee Sun-Kyun starring and ultimatley carrying the film in its festival uproar. Three years later and it might feel a bit sudden for some, although judging by how you choose to perceive Sweet Alibi helmer Lien Yi-Chi’s craft, his latest treatment on the property with Peace Breaker might do some justice.
For this, we get Aaron Kwok taking the reigns opposite Brotherhood Of Blades star, actor Wang Qianyuan filling Cho Jin-Woong’s shoes for the story of a morally bent cop who, in the wake of a family member’s death, tries to cover up an accidental crime only to find himself in throes of a mysterious man holding him hostage from afar. What ensues is some pretty biting tension and high-speed action and thrills all culminating into that very aforementioned irony I spoke of. It’s pretty comedic in its darkness and toxicity and you’re more than welcome to watch the original as a preamble to see how this one might measure up.
The first official trailer arrived this week for the film’s August 18 release in China. Check it out below along with character posters featuring both actors, and actress Liu Tao.
PEACE BREAKER – Stills And Posters
