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Operation Mekong (2016)

Operation Mekong poster
Original title
湄公河行动
Directed by
Dante Lam
Genre
action film, adventure film, crime film
Country
Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 04m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 280 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Chinese authorities send a task force to the Golden Triangle to hunt down a drug lord responsible for the murder of Chinese sailors. The team must navigate dangerous terrain and criminal networks to bring the killer to justice.

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What happens

Operation Mekong (Chinese: 湄公河行动) is a 2016 crime action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Hanyu and Eddie Peng. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is based on the 2011 Mekong River massacre. It was released in China on 30 September 2016 and became one of the highest-grossing films in China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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