''The Game Changer'' () is a 2017 Chinese

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directed by

Gao Xixi Gao Xixi (; born June 16, 1962) is a Chinese television director and producer, famous for directing a number of commercially successful Chinese television series. Selected filmography As director Gao Xixi has directed over 50 films and TV series ...

, starring

Peter Ho Peter Ho (, born September 13, 1975) is an American-Chinese singer, actor, producer and director. Active across Greater China, he is known for his roles in TV series ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (TV series), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', ...

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and

Wang Xueqi Wang Xueqi (; born 19 March 1946) is a Chinese film actor whose career has spanned over 25 years. He was often cast in early Fifth Generation films, such as Chen Kaige's ''Yellow Earth'' (1984) and '' The Big Parade'' (1986), Huang Jianxin's '' ...

. Inspired from the television series ''

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'', the film is set in 1930s

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. It was released in China on February 10, 2017 in 2D, 3D and

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Synopsis

Lin Zihao and Fang Jie are two brothers who have gone through life and death with each other. However, Mr. Tang's daughter Tang Qianqian, whom Fang Jie has admired for long, falls in love with Lin Zihao at first sight. At the same time, Lin Zihao finds out that his lover Lan Ruoyun has been captured by Mr. Tang to be his mistress while he was being chased. In order to dominate Shanghai, Mr. Tang has set up a conspiracy, and the most important part of his plan is actually Lin Zihao. However, Mr. Tang does not realize that Lin Zihao's identity is a member of the

Blue Shirts Society The Blue Shirts Society (BSS; ), also known as the Society of Practice of the Three Principles of the People (, commonly abbreviated as SPTPP), the Spirit Encouragement Society (勵志社, SES) and the China Reconstruction Society (中華復興� ...

. The two ultimately go heads on with each other - but who will emerge victorious in this bloody battle?

Cast

as Lin Zihao *

as Fang Jie *

as Tang Qianqian *

as Tang Hexuan (Mr. Tang) *

Choo Ja-hyun Chu Eun-ju (; born January 20, 1979), known by her stage name Choo Ja-hyun (), is a South Korean actress. Best known in Korea for the films '' Bloody Tie'' (2006) and ''Portrait of a Beauty'' (2008), Choo has also actively worked in China since 2 ...

as Lan Ruoyun *

Jack Kao Jack Kao (, born 23 April 1958) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese actor. Career He began his career in the late 1980s films of Hou Hsiao-hsien. Kao credits his success to the many real-life gangsters he knew when he was young. He appeared in '' ...

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as Bai Guang

Release

The film was picked up by

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and CDC United Network, were the distributors for

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, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and

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Reception

The film grossed CN¥ 5.3 million (US$2,259,054) on its opening weekend. It grossed CN¥ 101.34 million (US$14,669,320) in China.

References

External links

* Chinese action films 2017 action films Films set in the 1930s Films set in Shanghai Chinese 3D films 2017 3D films 2017 films Films directed by Gao Xixi 2010s Mandarin-language films {{2010s-China-film-stub