''$upercapitalist'' (also advertised as Supercapitalist) is a
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
–based
financial thriller
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History
The novel '' The Financier'' (1912) by Theodore Dreiser displays elements of a financial thriller and is an early examp ...
. The film's official release was on via the day-and-date
film distribution
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model, thereby being available simultaneously in
movie theaters
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and on cable and Internet
video on demand
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through Warner Bros. Digital and Gravitas. It premiered at the
Asian American International Film Festival.
Cast
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Linus Roache
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as Mark Patterson
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Kenneth Tsang
Kenneth Tsang Kong (; 5 October 1934 – 27 April 2022) was a Hongkongers, Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles. Tsang won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting A ...
as Victor Chang
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Derek Ting as Conner Lee
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Richard Ng
Richard Ng Yiu-hon (27 December 1939 – 9 April 2023), also known as Richard Woo, was a Hongkongers, Hong Kong actor known for playing comedic roles, particularly in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 1990s.
Film and television career
Ng a ...
as Donald Chang
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Michael Park as Morris Brown
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Kathy Uyen as Natalie Wang
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Darren E. Scott as Quentin Wong
Reception
''$upercapitalist'' was mostly poorly received by film critics, though it was not widely reviewed. On
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film has an approval rating of 18% based on reviews from 11 critics.
References
External links
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$upercapitalist' at
Fandango
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2012 films
2012 thriller films
American thriller films
Hong Kong thriller films
Films about Chinese Americans
Chinese-language films
Films shot in New York City
Films shot in Hong Kong
Films shot in Macau
Chinese-language American films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
2010s Hong Kong films
Works about capitalism
English-language thriller films
Cantonese-language American films