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Polar Rescue

2022 · 102 min

A tense, snowbound race against time that leans hard on a parent's desperation and the raw cold of the mountains.

Directed by: Lo Chi-Leung
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Donnie Yen, Cecilia Han Xue, Jia Bing

Tagline: A man loses his son while travelling in the snowy mountains.
Overview: A young boy, Lele, goes missing in the Changbai mountains after an argument with this father. Approaching the vital 48 hour mark and with no sign of Lele, his father takes it upon himself to brave an upcoming avalanche to save his son

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Directed by: Lo Chi-Leung
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Donnie Yen, Cecilia Han Xue, Jia Bing

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: parenthood
survival
family
grief
guilt
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: adventure, drama, thriller
Directed by: Lo Chi-Leung
Written by: Zhang Xiaolu, Lo Chi-Leung, Ying Chi-Wen, Yeung Sin-ling
Starring: Donnie Yen, Cecilia Han Xue, Jia Bing, Tang Xu, Hou Tianlai, Xu Guangyu, Lin Chenhan, Hu Ming
Music: Nicolas Errèra
Cinematography: Tony Cheung Tung-leung
Runtime: 102 min
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin

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