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

5 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Haoran Liu	...	Qin Feng / Chin Fong
Baoqiang Wang	...	Tang Ren
Yang Xiao	...	Song Yi
Natasha Liu Bordizzo	...	Chen Ying
Yuxian Shang	...	Kiko
Bai Ling	...	Aaimali Kunana
Xun Wang	...	Lu Guofu
Satoshi Tsumabuki	...	Noda Hiroshi
Michael Pitt	...	Dr. James Springfield
Wah Yuen	...	Master Mo
Kenneth Tsang	...	Uncle Seven
Brett Azar	...	Wild Bull Billy
Jinci Yang	...	Horse Face
Chengsi Wang	...	Cross Eye
Benja K. Thomas	...	Charlene

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

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

Comedy-Mystery: Mystery Good, Comedy, Weak

Here's the imaginatively titled sequel to the 2015 movie. This time the loud, idiotic, blustering (distant) uncle and the stammering brilliant nephew are summoned to New York. There's been a murder, and "Uncle Seven" is offering a huge reward if any of a dozen private detectives can figure out who did it before the police do, and before he dies.

It's a comedy mystery set in New York City, and the mystery is a nicely tangled one that turns into a serial killing, with all the clues properly laid out in front of the movie audience in advance. I was less pleased with the other aspects of the movie -- the comedy bits varied over the shop, with a few gags that worked, but the interactions between the leads not very good; and the geography of New York City in this movie bears as little relationship to the New York I've lived in all my life as.... well, as a typical Hollywood movie set here, which is to say, almost none.

Still, there are enough recurring characters and set-ups that the film-makers clearly have yet another sequel in store. This one looks to be set in Tokyo.

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:

$544,185,156

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