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The Rookies

2019 · 113 min

A breezy, disposable action-comedy that coasts on chaotic set-pieces and goofy chemistry without ever taking itself seriously.

Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Tagline
They got the best, she recruited the rest.
Overview
Extreme sport lover Zhou Feng got involved in an international illegal trade by accident. So he had to follow an international special agent Bruce to Budapest. Together with a crappy police officer Miao Yan, a non-professional scientist Ding Shan and an unemployed doctor LV, they became an amateur unit. In company with the senior agent Bruce, these four rookies started a fight with the terrorists that was both thrilling and hilarious.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • crime
  • identity
  • found family
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror1
Humour6
Realism5
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
action, adventure, comedy
Directed by
Alan Yuen Kam-lun
Written by
Alan Yuen Kam-lun, Kennedy Xu
Starring
Milla Jovovich, Darren Wang, Sandrine Pinna, Timmy Xu, Liu Meitong, Xiao Zhan, David Lee McInnis, Bernadett Ostorházi
Music
Lee Dong-jun
Cinematography
Ng Man-Ching
Runtime
113 min
Country
China
Languages
Hungarian, Turkish, Mandarin, English

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