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Operation Mekong

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Members of an international task force seek justice against the leader of an Asian drug cartel and his murderous henchmen.
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Jessica Kiang Variety 10/22/2016
If it makes for a breathlessly assaultive, vastly entertaining couple of hours, it can be discomfiting whenever there's a brief pause in the pelting gunfire and we glimpse the contours of the actual, flesh-and-blood tragedy. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray Los Angeles Times 09/29/2016
Though more sensationalistic than serious, this film has a scale and an energy that rivals any Hollywood blockbuster. Go to Full Review
Jamie Healy Radio Times 07/31/2024
3/5
Restlessly kinetic even by Far Eastern standards, the film eventually settles into a tolerably frenetic groove, but it's best when Lam allows the suspense to build. Go to Full Review
Panos Kotzathanasis easternKicks.com 07/26/2020
Operation Mekong is a definite action film, HK style, which will definitely find appeal to all fans of the genre. Its commercial success was utterly justified. Go to Full Review
Pat Padua DCist 08/29/2018
This is why you watch Hong Kong action movies: for vicious, elegantly choreographed, fearless car chases that never let you lose sight of the action and always leave you catching your breath. Go to Full Review
Andrew Parker The Gate 08/28/2018
The zeal with which Lam directs everything is as undeniably cheesy as action filmmaking ever gets. I think he takes Operation Mekong very seriously, but that doesn't mean I have to. Go to Full Review
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05/24/2019 Great movie and based on a true story. See more mauro l 05/04/2019 A genre film without noteworthy novelties. (Mauro Lanari) See more 05/03/2018 Good fighting scenes. See more 02/11/2018 The plot is a little broken into pieces, but overall good action movie. See more 10/15/2017 A Special Ops team's mission is to fight drug traffikers coming out of the Golden Triangle. The movie did not need to be this long. It struggled the entire time to hold my attention. It takes thirty minutes before any action gets really going, but it's sloppy action. The final battle in the jungle goes on and on and on. Then there's a boat chase which goes on and on and on. On the positive side the film did show me some beautiful country I will never be able to afford to travel to. See more 08/30/2017 Almost watched it again 2 months after the first viewing because I didn't remember seeing it. That should tell you how memorable a movie this was. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Members of an international task force seek justice against the leader of an Asian drug cartel and his murderous henchmen.
Director
Dante Lam
Screenwriter
Kang Ki Chu, Dante Lam, Siu-Kwan Lau, Eric Lin, Wai Ching Tam
Distributor
Well Go USA
Production Co
Bona Film Group
Genre
Action, Adventure
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 30, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$799.6K
Runtime
2h 4m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
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