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Saving Mr Wu
TrailerWhen popular television actor Wu Ruofu was kidnapped in Beijing in 2004, the Chinese detectives led by Chief Xing quickly form a task force and sweep the city in 20 hours because Mr. Wu will be killed at 9pm regardless of whether the money is collected or not.0 CommentsSort By- Newest
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Critic Reviews of "Saving Mr Wu"
Tirdad Derakhshani Philadelphia InquirerOctober 02, 2015Saving Mr. Wu is terrific fun as a crime thriller, with great photography and tense action sequences. Yet it truly excels in its quieter moments ...
Martin Tsai Los Angeles TimesOctober 01, 2015Ding has done an outstanding job re-creating the events and conveying the complexity and prudence of the cops' investigative chess moves.
Soren Anderson Seattle TimesOctober 01, 2015The director deploys all the familiar tropes with an assured forcefulness that makes the movie crackle with a rough energy.
Sean Axmaker Seanax.comOctober 06, 2016It's a tight, fast-moving, entertaining cop drama that does away with the criminal mastermind clichés to show a more realistic portrait of a kidnapping and police investigation energized by car chases, flashing sirens, and strike force action.
Nathanael HoodJuly 11, 2016But for a film where the audience already knows the ending, Saving Mr. Wu manages to satisfy and excite.
Yip Wai Yee The Straits Times (Singapore)May 24, 2016While all the attention is naturally on Mr Wu and Lau, the film's true breakout star here is China actor Wang Qianyuan, who is vicious as the criminal mastermind.
Edmund Lee South China Morning PostApril 02, 2016This blend of abduction thriller and police procedural ... is an entertaining genre exercise that methodically reshuffles its timeline to fend off predictability.
Ray Pride NewcitySeptember 30, 2015Gleaming, elementally machined, Ding Sheng's "Saving Mr. Wu" stars Andy Lau in a crackling true-life thriller ... [T]he inevitable showdown... is cleanly choreographed.
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