No More Bets (2023)

Original title

孤注一掷

Directed by

Ao Shen

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Chinese people are tricked into traveling to a Southeast Asian country. There, they are forced to run Internet fraud schemes. The film follows their attempts to survive and escape.

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What happens

No More Bets (Chinese: 孤注一掷; pinyin: Gū Zhù Yī Zhì) is a 2023 Chinese crime thriller film directed by Shen Ao and produced by Ning Hao. The film chronicles a story about Chinese people being trafficked overseas to a Southeast Asian country and forced to commit Internet fraud. It features Lay Zhang, Gina Jin, Yong Mei, Wang Chuanjun, Darren Wang, Zhou Ye, and Sunny Sun. The film was released in China in both regular theaters and IMAX on August 8, 2023 and achieved box office success, earning a gross of over $500 million. In response to the film, Cambodia banned showings of No More Bets due to its potential allusion to the country and the negative image it portrays, while the film was criticised by the governments of Myanmar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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