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Kung Fu Jungle

2014 · 100 min

A gritty, fast-paced martial arts thriller with brutal fights and a serial-killer hunt that keeps you tense and engaged.

Directed by: Teddy Chen
Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime
Starring: Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung Choi-nei, Wang Baoqiang

Tagline: Nobody's going down without a fight.
Overview: A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

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Directed by: Teddy Chen
Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime
Starring: Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung Choi-nei, Wang Baoqiang

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
revenge
justice
guilt
redemption
Places: big city
prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Action	9
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: action, thriller, crime, adventure
Directed by: Teddy Chen
Written by: Mak Tin-shu, Lau Ho-leung
Starring: Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung Choi-nei, Wang Baoqiang, Michelle Bai, Deep Ng Ho-hong, Alex Fong Chung-sun, Christie Chen, Yu Kang
Music: Peter Kam Pau-Tat
Cinematography: Horace Wong Wing-Hang
Runtime: 100 min
Country: China, Hong Kong
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish

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