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The Mission
Why this pick
Shares Drug War’s stripped-down criminal professionalism, terse male alliances, and precise spatial staging; its calm, tactical rhythm lets sudden violence land with the same cool force.
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MOVIE2012 1h 47m CHN
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Fleeing from an explosion at his drug production facility, Choi crashes his car into a restaurant and as he revives he is captured by Captain Zhang Lei. Realizing that he will receive the death penalty for his crimes, he bargains information on his colleagues to survive.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Sun Honglei
Captain Zhang Lei
Wallace Chung
Guo Weiju
Gan Tingting
HaHa's wife
Li Jing
Junior Dumb
Tan Kai
Li Shuchang, drug trafficker