Saving Mr. Wu is terrific fun as a crime thriller, with great photography and tense action sequences. Yet it truly excels in its quieter moments ...
Saving Mr. Wu
How much is your life worth?
2015 · 1h 46m · NOT RATED
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Ding Sheng
Overview
Mr. Wu, a Hong Kong movie star, is kidnapped in Beijing by Zhang Hua's gang. The police quickly form a task force and begin the search, ignoring that detectives in charge have only twenty hours before the deadline.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
Ding has done an outstanding job re-creating the events and conveying the complexity and prudence of the cops' investigative chess moves.
The director deploys all the familiar tropes with an assured forcefulness that makes the movie crackle with a rough energy.
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