The Rookies (2019 film)

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| director = Alan Yuen

| producer = Shan Tam
Rosanna Ng
Tamás Csutak
Eleonóra Peták
Wei Junzi

| writer = Alan Yuen

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| budget = 300,000,000 yuan ($47,162,394)

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The Rookies ({{zh|c=素人特工}}) is a Chinese action film written and directed by Alan Yuen, starring Wang Talu, Sandrine Pinna, Milla Jovovich, Xu Weizhou and Liu Meitong. Filming took place in Hungary and China. It was released in China on July 12, 2019. The film was a box office failure during its release in China,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv3095375/|title=《素人特工》票房惨败：王大陆真的是票房毒药吗？|access-date=2021-04-10|archive-date=2021-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410055924/https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv3095375/|url-status=live}} grossing only around $3 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Su-Ren-te-Gong-(China)#tab=summary|title=Su Ren te Gong (2019) - Financial Information|access-date=2021-04-10|archive-date=2021-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410055925/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Su-Ren-te-Gong-(China)#tab=summary|url-status=live}}

Synopsis

Extreme sport lover Zhao Feng gets involved in illegal international trade by accident. So he follows 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 form an amateur unit. In company with the senior agent Bruce, these four rookies start a fight with terrorists that is both thrilling and hilarious.

Cast

The following list and order are based on the billing shown on the first movie poster and IMDb.{{cite web |url=https://www.weibo.com/6425108741/GdKQ1hFy8?filter=hot&root_comment_id=0&type=comment#_rnd1533744024488 |title=The Rookies Poster |date=April 25, 2018 |website=Weibo |publisher=The Rookies official site |language=zh |via=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7773340/ |title=The Cast List in IMDb |website=IMDb |access-date=April 24, 2018 |archive-date=April 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416071628/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7773340/ |url-status=live }}

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Wang Talu as Zhao Feng
Sandrine Pinna as Miao Yan
Milla Jovovich as Senior agent Bruce
Xu Weizhou as Ding Shan
Liu Meitong as LV
Alan Wan as Detective Burky
Björn Freiberg as Agent on the train
David Lee McInnis as Iron Fist
Suet Lam
Temur Mamisashvili as Scientist
Bernadett Ostorhazi as Scarlet
Kyle Paul as Secret agent
Fredrik Yderström as Agent
David Torok as Gao Hao's Bodyguard
Paul Allica as Door Guard
Barret Coates as Soldier
Franz Rügamer as Scientist / Soldier
Andrew Lane Cawthon as Iron Fist's Assistant
Kathy Chow as Zhao Feng's Mother
Mekael Turner as Sexy
Pierre Bourdaud as Order agent
Troy Sandford as Gao's right hand
Isaac Fernandez as Agent
Xiao Zhan as Yuan Jinglin

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Production

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Filming locations are Hungary and China. In Hungary, the shooting spots include Hungarian State Opera House, Liberty Bridge, Gellért Hill, Váci Street and Liberty Square.{{cite web |url=http://epaper.yzwb.net/html_t/2018-08/09/content_485953.htm?div=-1 |title=The Rookies Shooting Spots |author=Kong Xiaoping |date=August 9, 2018 |publisher=Yangtse Evening Post |language=zh |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-date=August 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809153117/http://epaper.yzwb.net/html_t/2018-08/09/content_485953.htm?div=-1 |url-status=dead }} The Rookies wrapped in China on January 23, 2018.

Release

The Rookies was released in China on July 12, 2019.

On August 8, 2018, official site published two sets of posters.{{cite web |url=https://www.weibo.com/6425108741/GtENOdY8J?filter=hot&root_comment_id=0&type=comment#_rnd1533741569004

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References

External links

{{IMDb title|tt7773340|The Rookies}}
{{Rotten Tomatoes|the_rookies}}

Category:2019 films

Category:Chinese action films

Category:Eco-terrorism in fiction

Category:English-language Chinese films