Moscow Mission

2023 2h 8m ZH

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 55

CrimeActionAdventureThriller

Synopsis

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Tough Chinese detectives go on a mission to Moscow to hunt down ruthless robbers who have been plaguing the trans-Siberian railway with violence and chaos.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Zhang Hanyu
Cui Zhenhai
Huang Xuan
Miao Qingshan
Andy Lau
Vasily / Liu Yuhu
Janice Man Wing-San
Li Suzhen
Jason Koo
Miao Ziwen
Zhao Bingrui
Mao Xiaoming
Bai Narisu
Sun Jiandong
Zhang Benyu
Whisker

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Herman Yau
Writers: Daming Chen
Languages: Russian, Mandarin, Korean
Countries: China, Russia

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, Mandarin, Korean.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: China, Russia.

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4 / 8

AWARDS

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Directed by Herman Yau, shot by Joe Chan Kwong-Hung. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Brother Hung. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Zhang Hanyu and Huang Xuan and Andy Lau carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt23118352 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

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Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Herman Yau directs. Joe Chan Kwong-Hung behind the camera. Brother Hung scores. Produced in China, Russia. Dialogue in Russian, Mandarin, Korean.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, Mandarin, Korean.
3International production across 2 countries: China, Russia.
4Directed by Herman Yau, shot by Joe Chan Kwong-Hung. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Brother Hung. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Zhang Hanyu and Huang Xuan and Andy Lau carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt23118352 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Joe Chan Kwong-Hung
Original score: Brother Hung
Costume design: Li Zhou
Makeup / hair: Zheng Jialing
Runtime: 128 min · 2h 8m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: ZH
IMDB: Moscow Mission (2023)

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CinemaSerf2023-10-19
★ 7/10
A fairly well organised and well executed robbery on the Trans-Siberian railway embarrasses and infuriates the Chinese authorities and so they assemble a team of crack police investigators to work with their Russian counterparts to track down and apprehend these brutal felons. Soon, their investigations are immersing them in a Moscow underworld that is ruthless and sophisticated - and they soon encounter their quarry who now have a far bigger target in mind - one that will imperil anyone who tries to stand in their way. What's interesting here, is that we know pretty much from the start who the protagonists are and so we can follow both as one plots and schemes and the other tries to capture them. The lead acting (especially from Andy Lau) is maybe not the best, but the writing and the direction from Herman Yau deliver an action adventure film that is easily as good as the recently released "Expend4bles" effort. There are plenty of action scenarios, car chases, gun-fights and the denouement reminded me a little of "The Italian Job" meets "Mission: Impossible". Maybe a little long, but it doesn't hang about and I quite enjoyed it.
MovieGuys2023-12-26
★ 7/10
Moscow Mission is a rather long but nonetheless watchable Chinese crime action drama thriller. Loosely based on fact and set way back in the 1993, it crams a lot of well executed action, thrills and drama into its 2+ hour time frame. This is by no means a boring film but I did feel, it could have been shorter and still remained, very watchable. In summary, tons of action, far from boring but perhaps a little overly long,