Extraordinary Mission

2017 Hong Kong action film

Extraordinary Mission
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Chinese	非凡任务

Directed by	Alan Mak Anthony Pun
Production company	Perfect World Pictures
Release date	31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	CN¥145 million^[1] $22.7 million^[2]

Extraordinary Mission (Chinese: 非凡任务) is a 2017 Chinese crime action drama film directed by Alan Mak and Anthony Pun. In the film, police officer Lin Kai agrees to work undercover as a drug dealer to take down a sadistic, but powerful drug lord.^[3]

Plot

Though it means giving up his identity and posing as a criminal, police officer Lin Kai (Huang Xuan) accepts a dangerous assignment to find a major source of illegal drugs being smuggled into his homeland. Dead bodies pile up as drug deals go bad, but Lin Kai uses his police training and nerves of steel to survive them. Making his way up the drug trafficking ladder, he at last locates a heroin production center in the Golden Triangle. Showdown with evil crime boss rounds out a pulse-pounding final act.

Cast

Huang Xuan^[3] as Lin Kai
Duan Yihong^[3] as Eagle
Lang Yueting^[3] as Qingshui
David Wang^[3] as Luo Dongfeng
Zu Feng^[3] as Li Jianguo
Wang Yanhui^[3]
Ding Yongdai^[3] as Zhang Haitao
Xiao Cong^[3] as Yang Bin
Li Xiaochuan^[3] as Xiao Bei
Zhao Bingrui^[3] as Wang Bo
Dai Lele^[3] as Lin Kai's mother
Tao Hai^[3] as Ruling elder

Reception

The film has grossed CN¥105 million in China and CN¥145 million worldwide.^[1]

Critical Response

Extraordinary Mission has an approval rating of 80% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews.^[4]

Many critics praised the film's action sequences. Ed Travis of Cinapse wrote, "In what is probably close to 30 minutes of pure intensity, Extraordinary Mission saves the best for last and sends its audience out with their pulses racing. Explosions, motorcycles, car chases, heroic bloodshed, it's all there and then some."^[5]

CFI also called it a fast ride, highlighting "edge-of-your-seat car chases," an "inventive motorcycle chase," and "practical effects that thrill." All in all, it's "muscular, unpretentious action film-making."^[6]

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
2nd Golden Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Duan Yihong	Won	^[7]
23rd Huading Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Duan Yihong	Pending	^[8]
23rd Huading Awards	Best Original Film Song	"Extraordinary Era (非凡时代)" (NZBZ)	Pending	^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "非凡任务（2017）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ "Extraordinary Mission". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "非凡任务 (2017)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ "Extraordinary Mission (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes.
^ "Extraordinary Mission". Cinapse.
^ "Film Review: 'Extraordinary Mission' Shows New Possibilities for Modern Action". China Film Insider.
^ "Golden Screen Awards: China's 'This Is Not What I Expected' Takes Top Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. October 29, 2017.
^ "第23届华鼎奖提名：《战狼2》、《芳华》双雄逐鹿". Sina (in Chinese). March 20, 2018.