Skiptrace (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Skiptrace

| image = File:Skiptrace_American_Poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = American film poster

| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes

| t = 絕地逃亡

| s = 绝地逃亡

| p = Jué Dì Táo Wáng

| j = Zyut6 Dei6 Tou4 Mong4}}

| director = Renny Harlin

| producer = Jackie Chan
Charlie Coker
Damien Saccani
Wu Hongliang
Esmond Ren
David Gerson

| screenplay = Jay Longino
BenDavid Grabinski

| story = Jay Longino

| based_on =

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Jackie Chan
• Johnny Knoxville
• Fan Bingbing
• Eric Tsang
• Eve Torres
• Winston Chao

}}

| narrator =

| music = Chan Kwong-wing

| cinematography = Chan Chi-ying

| editing = Derek Hui
Judd H. Maslansky
David Moritz

| studio = Dasym Entertainment
Talent International Film Cultural Company
Cider Mill Pictures
InterTitle Films
JC Group International
Talent International Media

| distributor = Beijing Talent International Film (China){{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/621641|script-title=zh:绝地逃亡（2016）|accessdate= June 14, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language=zh}}
Saban Films (U.S.)
Lionsgate (International)

| released = {{film date|2016|7|21|China|2016|9|2|USA}}{{cite web|last1=Alex|first1=Billington|title=Jackie Chan & Johnny Knoxville in Action Comedy 'Skiptrace' Trailer|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2016/jackie-chan-johnny-knoxville-in-action-comedy-skiptrace-trailer/|website=FirstShowing.net|date=July 18, 2016|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}

| runtime = 108 minutes

| country = China
Hong Kong
United States

| language = English
Mandarin

| budget = $30–60 million{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/danafeldman/2016/09/01/renny-harlin-pulls-off-blockbuster-comeback-in-china-with-jackie-chan-action-comedy-skiptrace/#5ff411a61119|title= Renny Harlin Pulls Off Blockbuster Comeback In China With Jackie Chan Action-Comedy, 'Skiptrace'|first= Dana|last= Feldman|date= September 1, 2016|accessdate= September 2, 2016|work= Forbes}}{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2016/07/star-trek-beyond-lights-out-skiptrace-international-box-office-1201791877/|title= 'Star Trek Beyond' $30M Debut; 'Lights Out' $8.5M; Jackie Chan's 'Skiptrace' Nails $64M Bow – Int'l Box Office Final|first= Anita|last= Busch|date= July 25, 2016|accessdate= July 26, 2016|work= Deadline Hollywood}}

| gross = $136.6 million{{cite web |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Skiptrace#tab=summary|title= Skiptrace (2016)|accessdate= August 9, 2016|work= The Numbers}}

}}

Skiptrace is a 2016 buddy cop action comedy film directed by Renny Harlin, produced, starring and based on a story by Jackie Chan.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/chan-and-fan-jump-for-skiptrace |work=Film Business Asia |title=Chan and Fan jump for Skiptrace |accessdate=December 18, 2014 |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=May 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801091312/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/chan-and-fan-jump-for-skiptrace |archive-date=August 1, 2013 }}{{cite web|last=McClintock|first=Pamela |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-fan-bingbing-joins-jackie-487679|title=Cannes: Fan Bingbing Joins Jackie Chan Action Comedy 'Skiptrace'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=December 18, 2014|date=May 6, 2013}} The film co-stars Johnny Knoxville and Fan Bingbing and follows a Hong Kong detective who teams up with American gambler to expose the identity of a Chinese criminal. It was released in China on July 21, 2016, and in the United States on September 2, 2016.{{cite web |url= http://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0420/c1012-28290502.html | title=成龙新作《绝地逃亡》定档 拳笑归来制霸暑期档 |date=April 20, 2016 |accessdate= 2016-04-20 |work= People's Daily|language=zh}}{{cite web |url= http://www.pjtime.com/2015/12/242848603129.shtml | title=【虎口婆心】贺岁片调档造么？组建家庭影院不惧空档 |date=December 15, 2015 |accessdate= 2015-12-15 |work= PJTime|language=zh}}

==Plot==

In Hong Kong 2007, detective Bennie Chan has been tracking notorious crime boss, "Matador" – whom he believes to be businessman Victor Wong. While tracking him, Chan's partner Yung is captured. Yung sacrifices himself and gives his watch to Chan to remember him by. Nine years later, when Yung's daughter Samantha gets into trouble with Wong's crime syndicate, Chan must track down an American conman, Connor Watts, who gambles his way through Chinese casinos after being banned in America and who witnessed the murder of a woman named Esther Yee in Wong's casino in Macau. However, before Chan can find him, Connor is kidnapped by the men of Dima, a Russian kingpin, to answer for getting his daughter pregnant.

Chan fights the Russians and rescues Connor. On their way to Hong Kong, however, Connor steals Chan's passport and burns it, forcing the pair to travel on foot to Mongolia, where they enjoy themselves with the Mongolians. Connor subsequently reveals that before she died, Esther gave a phone to him, which belongs to "Matador". While crossing into China, Connor make a fuss leading to both of them being arrested by the police for various offenses as Connor would rather be imprisoned than being killed by "Matador" and his gang. They are broken out of police custody by Dasha, a Siberian hitwoman, and her gang, who wish to capture Connor and bring him back to Dima but they manage to escape her pursuit.

Connor sees Wong on the news and recognizes him as Esther's murderer. Chan learns that Samantha is already taken by Wong's right-hand man Willie and his men, who threaten to kill her if Chan refuses to bring the phone back to Hong Kong. When they argue over their personal differences, they go in separate ways, giving him the phone that will implicate Wong as the "Matador".

While attempting to prove Wong as "Matador", Wong's thumbprint does not match the phone's security thumbprint and Chan is arrested by the Hong Kong police instead. Connor, masquerading as lawyer, helps Chan break out from prison. With the assistance of Leslie, Chan's co-worker, they bypass the phone's security and finds a clue to the "Matador" identity.

Leslie informs Chan that their police captain, Tang, is now working with Wong. Chan and Connor sneak to the shipyard, Matador's criminal organization hideout. They witness Wong talking to "Matador" and being killed for his failure to bring back the phone. Attempting to rescue Samantha, the two are held captive by the criminal gang. "Matador" is revealed to be the supposedly deceased Yung. Yung taunts Chan for choosing honor while the former chose power. Yung then reunites with his daughter Samantha at the room where he explains that he fake his death to focus on his criminal career. Yung leaves Samantha locked up in a room.

After a boat hits the cargo ship, the ship starts to slowly flood the compartments. Dasha arrives with help to rescue Chan and Connor with police arriving eventually also. Chan and Yung work together to save Samantha from drowning inside the cargo ship with Yung committing suicide by drowning. Tang and Willie are then arrested by the authorities.

Connor goes back to Russia, fulfilling his honor, to witness the birth of his child with the Dima's daughter. After the baby is born, it was evident that the baby is not Connor's. Later, Connor and Samantha surprise Chan back at his farm, providing him with alpacas to help fulfill his earlier-confessed lifelong dream of running an alpaca farm. Connor leaves with Samantha after attempting to knock out Chan via a technique taught by Chan himself. Chan is successfully knocked out after attempting to stay awake until Connor is out of sight.