Dai hao mei zhou bao (1989)

Aircraft hijacking with Chinese special forces rescue. Gong Li as a heroic stewardess.

Directors:

Fengliang Yang, Yimou Zhang

Writer:

Shiqing Cheng (as Shi Qing)

Stars:

You Ge, Li Gong, Zhaoji Jia

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
You Ge	...	Zheng Xianping
Li Gong	...	Ah Li
Zhaoji Jia
Xiaoning Liu	...	Liang Zhuang
Min Tian
Xueqi Wang	...	Huang Jinru
Yazhou Yang
Rongguang Yu	...	Vice-captain

Storyline

Aircraft hijacking with Chinese special forces rescue. Gong Li as a heroic stewardess.

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Plot Keywords:

hijack | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

21 November 1989 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Codename Cougar

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

76 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Not at the top of his game

A vaguely-defined Asian terrorist organization highjacks a Taiwan airliner and lands it on the Chinese mainland. As the plane sits on the ground and the hijackers make their demands, the Beijing and Taibei governments must work together to rescue the hostages.

Every great director comes up with a clunker now and then, and this is Zhang's. This is a routine action thriller with lots of Western-style violence and gore, and probably the only reason Zhang made it was to deliver its political message of the desirability of mainland-Taiwan cooperation and eventual reunification. The only justification I can see for this film was to appease the Chinese government, which was even then looking over his shoulder. In any event, this is certainly the most forgettable film Zhang every made and while it earned a Best Supporting Actress award in China for Li Gong, it has little else to recommend it.