The Japanese authorities, led by Colonel Osamu Takeda (Huang Xiaoming) and Chief Wang (Wang Zhiwen), plan to keep Wu's team in custody until one of them confesses to being “Phantom”, the spy who passes info to Magnum and the Resistance. Without delay, his team is forcibly invited to be guests at a remote castle that's opulently decorated and also possessing of a fine set of torture devices. The authorities plant false information about the future location of Japan-backed Commander Zhang, and after the some observation determine that the leak must be located in the Counter-insurgency Center, staffed by a five-member team under the command of Captain Wu Zhiguo (Zhang Hanyu). Looking to quell the wave of terrorism, the Japanese army set a trap to flush Magnum and the Resistance out into the open. A mysterious individual called Magnum is masterminding the deaths of numerous Japanese officers and Chinese co-conspirators. Exec-produced by Feng Xiaogang and directed by Chen Kuo-Fu ( Double Vision, The Personals) and Gao Qunshu ( Tokyo Trial), The Message tells the story of a spy hunt set during the Second Sino-Japanese War, when Japanese Imperialists controlled a good portion of China. A solidly entertaining mainland commercial film.Īll-star Chinese thriller The Message is a tad overblown, but it ultimately provides solid entertainment value to match likely audience expectations. While slightly overdone, The Message is a tense and well-made thriller with dynamite performances from its cast. Hanyu, Huang Xiaoming, Wang Zhiwen, Alec Su, Ying Da, Ni Dahong, Zhang Yibai, Duan Yihong, Liu Weiwei, Wu Gang

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