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The Captain (2019)

The Captain poster
Original title
中国机长
Directed by
Andrew Lau
Genre
drama film, disaster film, thriller film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
12
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 150 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A pilot and crew face a life-threatening emergency when their passenger plane suffers a sudden mechanical failure mid-flight. The film follows their efforts to keep control of the aircraft and land safely.

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What happens

The Captain (Chinese: 中国机长) is a 2019 disaster adventure drama film co-produced, co-cinematographed and directed by Andrew Lau, which stars Zhang Hanyu, Oho Ou, Du Jiang, Yuan Quan, Zhang Tian'ai, Li Qin, Zhang Yamei, and Yang Qiru. The film is based on the Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 incident. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film was released in China on September 30, 2019 and received generally positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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