''Europe Raiders'' () is a 2018

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film directed by

Jingle Ma Jingle Ma Cho Shing (; born 1957) is a Hong Kong-based writer and director, best known for his action films such as '' Tokyo Raiders'' and ''Seoul Raiders ''Seoul Raiders'' is a 2005 Hong Kong action film co-written and directed by Jingle Ma ...

, as the third film in his ''Raiders'' franchise, following ''

Tokyo Raiders ''Tokyo Raiders'' is a 2000 Hong Kong action film set in Hong Kong and Tokyo, directed by Jingle Ma and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ekin Cheng and Kelly Chen. The success of the film led to the making of its sequel, '' Seoul Raiders'', in 2 ...

'' (2000) and ''

Seoul Raiders ''Seoul Raiders'' is a 2005 Hong Kong action film co-written and directed by Jingle Ma and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Richie Jen and Shu Qi. The film is a sequel to the 2000 film '' Tokyo Raiders''. Plot Agent Lam teams up with JJ to track ...

'' (2006). The film was released on August 17, 2018. The movie's dialogue contains several lines of

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Plot

Lam Choi Fung and Wang Chao Ying are known respectively as the number 1 and 2 of the bounty hunter world for many years. When a surveillance programme 'Hand of God‘ created by world's top hacker Mercury gets stolen, the CIA sends both Lam and Wang to investigate.

Cast

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as Mr. Lam *

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as Rocky *

Tiffany Tang Tang Yan (, born 6 December 1983), also known as Tiffany Tang, is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2006. In 2007, she was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Shanghai Television Festival for h ...

as Ms. Wang *

Du Juan Du Juan (; born September 15, 1982, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese actress, model, and former ballet dancer. She remains the first and only East Asian model to be on the cover of ''Vogue Paris'' and has appeared on the cover of ''Vogue Chin ...

as Sophie *

George Lam George Lam Tsz-Cheung (born 12 October 1947), also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer, singer-songwriter, music producer and actor, with a career that has so far lasted more than four decades. Lam ...

as Mercury *Jakob Graf as Peter Lawson *Alberto Lancellotti as an Italian mafia boss *Daniel Gutin as CIA Intelligence Director

Special guest appearance

Cung Le Cung Le ( vi, Lê Cung; born May 25, 1972) is a Vietnamese-born American actor, retired mixed martial artist, Sanshou fighter and kickboxer. He competed as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), holding a record of ...

as Black Mantis *

Jeeja Yanin Yanin "Jeeja" Vismitananda ( th, ญาณิน "จีจ้า" วิสมิตะนันทน์; ), née Nicharee Vismitananda ( th, ณิชชารีย์ วิสมิตะนันทน์; ; born 31 March 1984) is a Thai ...

as White Mantis

Production

Filming began on August 31, 2016 in

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Reception

As of the opening weekend, the Europe Raiders film has received a score of 9/10 review from Avi Offer, who described it as a crowd pleasing thrill ride. The film debuted promisingly in second place on its opening Friday in China, but dropped off to the fifth and the seventh place on the weekend due to terrible word of mouth.

References

External links

* {{Jingle Ma Hong Kong action thriller films Hong Kong sequel films Films directed by Jingle Ma Films shot in Italy 2018 action thriller films 2010s Mandarin-language films Chinese action thriller films 2018 films 2010s Hong Kong films