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Seoul Raiders
Seoul Raiders
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jingle Ma
Written by	Jingle Ma
Produced by	John Chong
Starring	Tony Leung Chiu-Wai; Richie Jen; Shu Qi
Cinematography	Jingle Ma; Chan Kwok-Hung
Edited by	Kong Chi-Leung
Music by	Tommy Wai
Production; companies	Media Asia Films; Sil-Metropole Organisation
Distributed by	Media Asia Distribution Ltd.
Release date	5 February 2005;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese; Mandarin; Korean; English
Box office	HK$7,385,836[citation needed]

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Seoul Raiders (traditional Chinese: 韓城攻略; simplified Chinese: 韩城攻略; pinyin: Hànchéng Gōnglüè; Cantonese Yale: Hon4sing4 gung1leuk6) is a 2005 Hong Kong action film co-written and directed by Jingle Ma and starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Richie Jen and Shu Qi. The film is a sequel to the 2000 film Tokyo Raiders.

Plot

Agent Lam teams up with JJ to track a pair of plates used to make fake American dollars.

When the plates are captured and make their way to Korea, Lam gets on a plane and searches for the plates in Seoul, tracking a man who he believes to have stolen them. During the hunt, he comes across JJ, who happens be a thief with a hidden agenda. When JJ thinks she has successfully walked away with the plates, she does not realize Lam has preempted her by swapping it with an empty case.

Lam goes to the US Embassy with the plates to claim the $30 million reward offered but is outwitted by a staffer named Owen, who manages to drug him and flee to Korea with the plates.

Lam immediately follows Owen to Korea and meets up with a bevy of pretty Korean assistants. When Owen is about to trade the plates with "Black Bear", a top dog of the Korean underworld, Lam and his girls break in to thwart the deal, but Owen escapes with the plates in the nick of time.

Meanwhile, Lam bumps into JJ in Korea, and the pair decide to work together to take back the plates and split the reward. While Owen is immersing himself in a hot spring, Lam sneaks in and snatches the plates. He then uses the plates to lure Owen into his trap, arresting him in the end. Only then does he realize that Owen is in fact a CIA undercover agent.

While Lam and Owen reconcile and decide to cooperate to bring down "Black Bear," JJ secretly retrieves the plates from Owen's hiding place but only ends up leading "Black Bear" to the plates and is kidnapped.

Lam and Owen has no alternative but to meet "Black Bear" in a deserted sports stadium to settle the deal once and for all.

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Agent Lam
Richie Jen as Owen
Shu Qi as JJ
James Kim

Reception

David Cornelius of DVD Talk rated it 3.5/5 stars and called it a "breezy blend of action and comedy".^[1] William Lee of DVD Verdict wrote, "Like a stir-fry of new ingredients combined with leftover ideas, Seoul Raiders is a big serving of entertaining, though forgettable, action-comedy."^[2]

References

^ Cornelius, David (24 September 2008). "Seoul Raiders". DVD Talk. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ Lee, William (8 September 2008). "Seoul Raiders". DVD Verdict. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

External links

[1] Cornelius, David (24 September 2008). "Seoul Raiders". DVD Talk. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

[2] Lee, William (8 September 2008). "Seoul Raiders". DVD Verdict. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

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 |distributor    = [[Media Asia Entertainment Group|Media Asia Distribution Ltd.]]
 |released       = {{Film date|2005|2|5|df=y}}
-|runtime        = 95 min.
+|runtime        = 95 minutes
 |country        = Hong Kong
 |language       = [[Cantonese]]<br>[[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]<br>[[Korean language|Korean]]<br>[[English language|English]]
 |budget         =
-|gross          = HK$7,385,836
+|gross          = HK$7,385,836{{fact|date=July 2014}}
 }}
 '''''Seoul Raiders''''' ({{zh|first=t|t=韓城攻略|s=韩城攻略|p=Hànchéng Gōnglüè|cy=''Hon4sing4 gung1leuk6''}}) is a 2005 Hong Kong action film co-written and directed by [[Jingle Ma]] and starring [[Tony Leung Chiu-Wai]], [[Richie Jen]] and [[Shu Qi]]. The film is a [[sequel]] to the 2000 film ''[[Tokyo Raiders]]''.
 ==Plot==
-Agent Lam ([[Tony Leung]]) teams up with JJ ([[Shu Qi]])to track a pair of plates used to make fake [[United States dollar|American dollars]].
+Agent Lam teams up with JJ to track a pair of plates used to make fake [[United States dollar|American dollars]].
-When the plates are captured and make their way to [[Korea]], Lam gets on a plane and searches for the plates in [[Seoul]], tracking a man who he believes to have stolen them.
+When the plates are captured and make their way to Korea, Lam gets on a plane and searches for the plates in [[Seoul]], tracking a man who he believes to have stolen them. During the hunt, he comes across JJ, who happens be a thief with a hidden agenda. When JJ thinks she has successfully walked away with the plates, she does not realize Lam has preempted her by swapping it with an empty case.
-During the hunt, he comes across JJ (Shu Qi), who happens be a thief with a hidden agenda. When JJ thinks she has successfully walked away with the plates, she does not realize Lam has preempted her by swapping it with an empty case.
-Lam goes to the [[Diplomatic missions of the United States|US Embassy]] with the plates to claim the $30 million reward offered but is outwitted by a staffer named Owen (Richie Ren), who manages to drug him and flee to Korea with the plates.
+Lam goes to the [[Diplomatic missions of the United States|US Embassy]] with the plates to claim the $30 million reward offered but is outwitted by a staffer named Owen, who manages to drug him and flee to Korea with the plates.
-Lam immediately follows Owen to Korea and meets up with a bevy of pretty Korean assistants ([[Choi Yeo-jin]], Cho Soo-Hyn, and Cho Han-Na). When Owen is about to trade the plates with "Black Bear," a top dog of the Korean underworld, Lam and his girls break in to thwart the deal, but Owen escapes with the plates in the nick of time.
+Lam immediately follows Owen to Korea and meets up with a bevy of pretty Korean assistants. When Owen is about to trade the plates with "Black Bear", a top dog of the Korean underworld, Lam and his girls break in to thwart the deal, but Owen escapes with the plates in the nick of time.
 Meanwhile, Lam bumps into JJ in Korea, and the pair decide to work together to take back the plates and split the reward. While Owen is immersing himself in a hot spring, Lam sneaks in and snatches the plates. He then uses the plates to lure Owen into his trap, arresting him in the end.  Only then does he realize that Owen is in fact a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] [[mole (espionage)|undercover agent]].
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 ==Cast==
-* [[Tony Leung Chiu-Wai]]
+* [[Tony Leung Chiu-Wai]] as Agent Lam
-* [[Richie Jen]]
+* [[Richie Jen]] as Owen
-* [[Shu Qi]]
+* [[Shu Qi]] as JJ
 * [[James Kim]]
+==Reception==
+David Cornelius of [[DVD Talk]] rated it 3.5/5 stars and called it a "breezy blend of action and comedy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34825/seoul-raiders/|title=Seoul Raiders|last=Cornelius|first=David|work=[[DVD Talk]]|date=2008-09-24|accessdate=2014-07-08}}</ref>  William Lee of [[DVD Verdict]] wrote, "Like a stir-fry of new ingredients combined with leftover ideas, ''Seoul Raiders'' is a big serving of entertaining, though forgettable, action-comedy."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/seoulraiders.php|title=Seoul Raiders|last=Lee|first=William|work=[[DVD Verdict]]|date=2008-09-08|accessdate=2014-07-08}}</ref>
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*{{IMDb title|0455116}}
+* {{IMDb title|0455116}}
 * {{Amg movie|371951}}
-*[http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/seoul_raiders.htm ''Seoul Raiders''] at [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/ LoveHKFilm.com]
+* [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/seoul_raiders.htm ''Seoul Raiders''] at [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/ LoveHKFilm.com]
 {{Jingle Ma}}
 [[Category:2005 films]]
+[[Category:2000s action films]]
+[[Category:2000s comedy-drama films]]
+[[Category:2000s martial arts films]]
 [[Category:Hong Kong films]]
 [[Category:Hong Kong action comedy films]]
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 [[Category:Mandarin-language films]]
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-[[Category:2000s comedy-drama films]]
-[[Category:2000s martial arts films]]
-[[Category:2000s action films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Jingle Ma]]
 [[Category:Films set in South Korea]]