''The Rookies'' () is a Chinese

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written and directed by Alan Yuen, starring

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, Xu Weizhou and Liu Meitong. Filming took place in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

and

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. It was released in China on July 12, 2019. The film was a box office failure during its release in China, grossing only around $3 million.

Synopsis

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lover Zhao Feng gets involved in illegal international trade by accident. So he follows an international special agent Bruce to

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

. Together with a crappy police officer Miao Yan, a non-professional scientist Ding Shan and an unemployed doctor LV, they form an amateur unit. In company with the senior agent Bruce, these four rookies start a fight with terrorists that is both thrilling and hilarious.

Cast

The following list and order are based on the billing shown on the first movie poster and IMDb.

Production

Filming

Filming locations are

and

. In

, the shooting spots include Hungarian State Opera House, Liberty Bridge, Gellért Hill,

Váci Street Váci utca (, ''Váci street'') is one of the main pedestrian thoroughfares and perhaps the most famous street of central Budapest, Hungary. It features many restaurants and shops catering primarily to the tourist market. The Lonely Planet says ...

and Liberty Square. ''The Rookies'' wrapped in China on January 23, 2018.

Release

''The Rookies'' was released in China on July 12, 2019. On August 8, 2018, official site published two sets of posters.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rookies (2019 film), The 2019 films Chinese action films Eco-terrorism in fiction English-language Chinese films