Skiptrace (2016)

A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.

Director:

Renny Harlin

Writers:

Jay Longino (story), Jay Longino (screenplay)

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Bingbing Fan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Bennie Chan
Johnny Knoxville	...	Connor Watts
Bingbing Fan	...	Samantha Bai
Eric Tsang	...	Yung
Eve Torres	...	Dasha (as Eve Gracie)
Winston Chao	...	Victor Wong
Jeong-hun Yeon	...	Willie (as Junghoon Youn)
Shi Shi	...	Leslie
Michael Wong	...	Tang
Dylan Kuo	...	Esmond (as Pin Chao Kuo)
Zoe Zhang	...	Ting Ting (as Zhang Lanxin)
Wei Na	...	Officer Wu (as Na Wei)
Charlie Rawes	...	Sergei
Michael Gor	...	Dima (as Mikhail Gorevoy)
Sara Maria Forsberg	...	Natalya (as Sara Forsberg)

Storyline

Still blaming himself for the untimely demise of his best friend after nine long years, the veteran Hong Kong police detective, Bennie Chan, still finds himself on a wild-goose chase, trying to expose the elusive criminal kingpin known only as "The Matador". So far, nothing has changed, and Bennie's main suspect--the corrupt entrepreneur, Victor Wong--is, above all, legally untouchable. However, when Samantha--his late partner's only daughter--has a brush with the mob, Bennie will have no other choice but to seek help from an improbable ally: the flamboyant American gambler, Conor Watts, who has serious problems of his own with the Russian mafia. Now, the unlikely duo must cross the vast landscapes of Mongolia and the Gobi Desert to return to Hong Kong in one piece, as the Matador is still unknown. Will Bennie ever find the hard evidence he needs to put him once and for all behind bars?

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Plot Keywords:

detective | gambler | american | chinese | traveling on foot | 

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Taglines:

Justice... takes a real pair.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for action/violence, some suggestive content, language, brief nudity and drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

China Hong Kong USA

Language:

Mandarin English Mongolian

Release Date:

2 September 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Skiptrace

Filming Locations:

China

Box Office

Budget:

$32,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$58,500,000 (China), 26 July 2016

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$136,579,287, 31 December 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beijing Tianhua Huawen Motion Picture Investment Co., Cider Mill Pictures, Dasym Enetertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Auro 11.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On December 17, 2014, Cinematographer Kwok-Hung Chan drowned while on a shoot for this movie.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, Bennie shoots the chain of the handcuffs to free his partner from the rail. There are two things wrong with this. The first is that a pistol round is incapable of breaking a chain of this thickness; and second is that the bullet's energy would be transferred to his partner's wrist, yet there is no reaction at all - the link just breaks without moving the cuff..

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Quotes

Bennie Chan: [after being struck in the neck by Connor] Have they gone?
Leslie: [smiling] Yes.
Bennie Chan: [faints]

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Crazy Credits

Film bloopers screen side by side with the credits. (no subtitles)

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Connections

Referenced in Aku ja 7 ihmettä: Hongkong (2016)

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Soundtracks

The Road
Written and performed by Deke Dickerson

User Reviews

For hardcore Jackie Chan only

I enjoy this movie but only because I've been a Jackie Chan fan.

The movie features his trademark comedy moves and gags, but as an action martial arts flick his moves against goons are now much slower than his past movies due to his age (respectfully so). The man is still doing his own stunts and the end credit routine showing the bloopers is always a treat for me.

Knoxville portrays a crook very believably well and the pair of opposite do attract and contrast sometimes to keep the story flowing.

Jackie Chan should join forces with all the other old stars such as Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung and make united flick franchises like R.E.D., The Expendables...

In conclusion, Skiptrace is a bit like From Russia to Hongkong in 80 days, with some bits of China tourism ads/commercials thrown in, plus regular Jackie Chan favourite flavours. If you enjoy Jackie Chan, watch it to support him.