Bounty Hunters | |
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Traditional Chinese | 賞金獵人 |
Simplified Chinese | 赏金猎人 |
Literal meaning | bounty hunters |
Hanyu Pinyin | shǎngjīnlièrén |
Hangul | 바운티헌터스 |
Directed by | Shin Terra |
Starring | Lee Min-ho Wallace Chung Tiffany Tang Jeremy Tsui Karena Ng Louis Fan |
Music by | Choi Seung-hyun |
Production companies | Shanghai Mingyi Media Union Investment Partners Shanghai Xinyi Media Le Vision Pictures (Beijing) Le Vision Pictures (Hong Kong) Tianma Yinglian Entertainment (Beijing) Pegasus Motion Pictures Limited [1] |
Distributed by | Le Vision Pictures (Beijing) [1] |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Countries | China South Korea Hong Kong |
Languages | Cantonese Korean [2] |
Box office | US$31.1 million |
Bounty Hunters is a 2016 action comedy-drama film directed by Shin Terra and starring Lee Min-ho, Wallace Chung, Tiffany Tang, Jeremy Tsui, Karena Ng and Louis Fan. [2] A Chinese-South Korean-Hong Kong co-production, [2] the film was released in China by Le Vision Pictures on July 1, 2016. [1]
Martial arts expert Lee San and master sleuth Ayo were working as bodyguards-for-hire, but to little success. However, they were dismissed by Interpol officers a year ago. When a vague commission leads them to a hotel room in Incheon, South Korea, a terrorist bombing duly takes place and turns the bumbling investigators into fugitives. Their informant dies, but the pair also immediately find themselves pursued by a rival group of bounty hunters. After an exhilarating car chase, San and Yo join forces with a trio: Bossy heiress Kat on an anti-terrorist mission since her lost childhood Swan, who is the resident hacker and maker of fantastic gadgets, and the muscled Bao Bao. To clear their names, they must work with the trio to track down the culprit of a series of bombings that have plagued an international hotel group. After many hurdles, they manage to capture the bombers and the duo are proven innocent.
The film has grossed US$31.1 million. [3]
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