Bounty Hunters (2016 film)

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Bounty Hunters
Bounty Hunters (film) poster.jpeg
Chinese poster
Traditional Chinese 賞金獵人
Simplified Chinese 赏金猎人
Literal meaningBounty Hunters
Hanyu Pinyin Shǎngjīnlièrén
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChoi Joo-young
Edited byYang Jin-mo
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 byLe Vision Pictures (Beijing) [1]
Release date
  • July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)(China)
Running time
105 minutes
Countries
  • China
  • South Korea
  • Hong Kong
Languages
  • Cantonese
  • Korean [2]
Box officeUS$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]

Contents

Plot

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.

Cast

Reception

The film has grossed US$31.1 million. [3]

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