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Saving Mr. Wu

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Saving Mr. Wu

Released Oct 2, 2015

1h 45m

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Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Police race against time after criminals posing as cops kidnap a Hong Kong movie star (Andy Lau) and threaten to kill him.

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Tirdad Derakhshani

Philadelphia Inquirer

Saving Mr. Wu is terrific fun as a crime thriller, with great photography and tense action sequences. Yet it truly excels in its quieter moments ...

Rated: 3/4

Oct 2, 2015

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

Ding has done an outstanding job re-creating the events and conveying the complexity and prudence of the cops' investigative chess moves.

Oct 1, 2015

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Soren Andersen

Seattle Times

The director deploys all the familiar tropes with an assured forcefulness that makes the movie crackle with a rough energy.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 1, 2015

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Panos Kotzathanasis

easternKicks.com

Overall, Saving Mr Wu is a very impressive film, benefiting the most from its direction and editing. However, its narrative could have been a bit less complex.

Jul 26, 2020

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Saving Mr. Wu is a tense crime thriller with a true story background that keeps the viewer interested and connected to the story with good characters and great performances.

Rated: 4.5/5

Apr 19, 2020

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

It's a tight, fast-moving, entertaining cop drama that does away with the criminal mastermind clichs to show a more realistic portrait of a kidnapping and police investigation energized by car chases, flashing sirens, and strike force action.

Oct 6, 2016

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It's been awhile since I've seen an Andy Lau film I enjoyed and I really enjoyed this one. The overall story and directing was interesting, the main bad guy was very entertaining to watch, some funny moments, the back and forth tricks and games the characters played were enjoyable, though the action and the emotional dramatic parts could have been executed better, which is why I gave a 3.5 instead of a 4 star rating.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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kinda doesnt really pay off overall, always seeming like its leading into a twist or some big reveal but instead just keeps a normal pace of good guys figuring out bad guys moves. kinda weird considering the cast.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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An non-thrilling thriller.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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A movie if Andy Lau want to be Best Actor.... but the time in the movie is not that much relatively.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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B (87%) movie. Cinema. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Decent thriller, though it really is most powerful in its quieter moments. The tone-deaf "fantasy sequences" feel more like concessions to producers insisting on more action sequences, and thus are jarring and unnecessary.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Synopsis

Police race against time after criminals posing as cops kidnap a Hong Kong movie star (Andy Lau) and threaten to kill him.

Director: Sheng Ding
Screenwriter: Sheng Ding
Distributor: United Entertainment Partners North America
Production Co: Shanghai New Culture Media Group, Heyi Pictures, Beijing Skywheel Entertainment Co., Beijing Going Zoom Media, Beijing Gongzuoshi Entertainment Co.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 2, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $92.7K
Runtime: 1h 45m

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