Europe Raiders

Europe Raiders
Film poster
Traditional Chinese歐洲攻略
Simplified Chinese欧洲攻略
Hanyu PinyinŌuzhōu gōnglüè
Directed byJingle Ma
Written byXiao Peng
Produced byJacky Pang
StarringTony Leung Chiu-wai
Kris Wu
Tiffany Tang
Du Juan
George Lam
CinematographyJingle Ma
Edited byYan Ting-ting
Cheung Ka-fai (supervisor)
Music byPeter Kam
Production
company
Master China Films Ltd.
Distributed byJet Tone Films
Inlook Media[1]
Release date
  • August 17, 2018 (2018-08-17)
CountriesHong Kong
China
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
English
Italian
Klingon[2]
Budget$100 million
Box office$135 million

Europe Raiders (Chinese: 欧洲攻略) is a 2018 action thriller film directed by Jingle Ma, as the third film in his Raiders franchise, following Tokyo Raiders (2000) and Seoul Raiders (2006).[3] The film was released on August 17, 2018.[4] The movie's dialogue contains several lines of Klingon.[5]

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 the "Hand of God" surveillance program created by the world's top hacker Mercury gets stolen, the CIA sends both Lam and Wang to investigate.

Cast

Special guest appearance

Production

Filming began on August 31, 2016, in Italy.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Filmart: Jet Tone Unveils 'Europe Raiders' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 March 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Europe Raiders". 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Tony Leung, Kris Wu Set As 'Europe Raiders'". Variety. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "梁朝伟《欧洲攻略》曝预告定档8.17". Mtime (in Chinese). July 17, 2018. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Europe Raiders". 30 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Alberto Lancellotti". IMDb.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  7. ^ "Daniel Gutin". IMDb.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  8. ^ "《欧洲攻略》开拍 梁朝伟吴亦凡唐嫣造型曝光". 网易娱乐. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  9. ^ "Europe Raiders Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  10. ^ "China box office: 'The Island' holds off 'The Meg' for top spot".