Special ID
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| Directed by | Clarence Fok |
| Written by | Clarence Fok |
| Produced by | Yong Er Donnie Yen |
| Starring | Donnie Yen Jing Tian Andy On Zhang Hanyu Ronald Cheng Collin Chou |
| Cinematography | Peter Pau |
| Edited by | Cheung Ka-fai |
| Music by | Dou Peng |
Production company | Eastern New Vision Film & TV Culture[1] |
| Distributed by | Easternlight Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | China[1] |
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| Box office | US$29,139,936[3] |
Special ID (Chinese: 特殊身份) is a 2013 Chinese action film written and directed by Clarence Fok, and also produced by and starring Donnie Yen.[1]
Plot
Dragon Chan (Donnie Yen), a Hong Kong undercover police officer deep within the ranks of one of China’s most ruthless underworld gangs. The leader of the gang, Xiong (Collin Chou), has made it his priority to weed out the government infiltrators in his midst. Struggling to keep his family together and his identity concealed, Chan is torn between two worlds.
Upping the stakes, as Chan’s undercover comrades are being dealt with, one by one, Chan fears his days are numbered. Now, he must risk everything to take down the organization and reclaim the life he lost when he took on this perilous assignment. As the action mounts, Chan must do everything he can to protect the SPECIAL IDENTITY he wishes he will never had before it’s too late.
Cast
- Donnie Yen as Dragon Chan
- Jing Tian as Fang Jing
- Andy On as Sunny
- Zhang Hanyu as Blade
- Ronald Cheng as Captain Cheung
- Collin Chou as Xiong
- Paw Hee-ching as Sister Amy, Chan's mother
- Yang Zhigang as Captain Lei Peng
- Rain Lau as Mary
- Ken Lo as Brother Bao
- Frankie Ng as Mahjong player
- Qi Daji
- Terence Yin as Sunny's assistant
- Mak Cheung-ching as Brother Kun
Production
It is set and filmed in Hong Kong in 42 days on October 12 and November 23, 2012.
Critical response
At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 46, based on 6 reviews indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]
Andrew Chan of the Film Critics Circle of Australia writes, "The good news is that “Special ID” remains largely entertaining for most of the duration, but in many ways it remains a huge pile of mess."[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Elley, Derek (January 22, 2014). "Special ID". Film Business Asia. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeanette (March 6, 2014). "Danger Undercover". New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
Less so the rest of the cast, whose subtitled mix of Cantonese, Mandarin and English flies before our eyes so rapidly that Western audiences will have a hard time keeping up.
- ^ "SPECIAL ID". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- ^ "Special ID (2014): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ^ Andrew Chan (20 October 2013). "Special ID". [HK Neo Reviews].
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External links
- Special ID at IMDb