Detective Chinatown 2 (2018)

Tang and Qin team up to solve a murder in New York's Chinatown.

Director:

Sicheng Chen

Writers:

Sicheng Chen, LeeAnne Yu (translation)

Stars:

Haoran Liu, Baoqiang Wang, Yang Xiao

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Haoran Liu	...	Qin Feng / Chin Fong
Baoqiang Wang	...	Tang Ren
Yang Xiao	...	Song Yi
Natasha Liu Bordizzo	...	Chen Ying
Yuxian Shang	...	Kiko
Xun Wang	...	Lu Guofu
Satoshi Tsumabuki	...	Noda Hiroshi
Michael Pitt	...	Dr. James Springfield
Bai Ling	...	Aaimali Kunara
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Edward Alexander	...	Choir Member #10
Brett Azar	...	Wild Bull Billy
Inga Ballard	...	Choir Member #4
Spelman M. Beaubrun	...	Choir Member #13
Bianca Bloom	...	Cheerleader
Rick Bolander	...	EMT

Storyline

Tang and Qin team up to solve a murder in New York's Chinatown.

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | second part | american culture | big apple | coroner | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brief language

Details

Official Sites:

CMC Pictures [China] Official Trailer

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin English

Release Date:

16 February 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Detective Chinatown 2

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$704,047, 18 February 2018

Gross USA:

$1,983,984

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$544,061,916

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gosh Film Entertainment, Hua Wen Movie Group, Sparkle Roll Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

IMAX 6-Track Sonics-DDP Dolby Atmos DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ah-Xiang's husband who Tang Ren met at the airport was the director Chen himself

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Connections

Follows Detective Chinatown (2015)

User Reviews

Detective Chinatown 2

Grand scale, liable actors and actresses but way too many plot holes and meaningless lines and scenes makes Detective Chinatown 2 a major letdown. Part of what made the first movie work was the grittiness of Thailand sort of matches the two leads of the film, it really accentuates their personality and helps with the flow of the film. But setting it in New York, and using all the landmarks of the city, it really requires something that befitting in an artistic and storyline sense, and the film fails to deliver in that sense. Character motives and story progression is all over the place in the film, although the film does sort of lines everything up towards the end, the journey was already taken by viewers and it was not pretty. Also would have liked them to explain and elaborate on how Tang Ren got to New York in the first place. It just feels the movie was hastily made, and that the Are York and the entire story was added in last second without too much deliberation. The characters and concept works, as it was shown in the first film, but execution really needs to be improved if the franchise is to continue to move forward.