Hong Kong’s Zhong Hanliang 钟汉良 has been thrown in for comic relief, along with a handful of Mainlanders and other Hong Kongers to give it the appearance of a Chinese production, but they’re essentially decoration around the big Black Hole of Yi’s non-performance.
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The ensemble chemistry is as weak as the plotting and dialogue in Bounty Hunters 赏金猎人, a formulaic action-comedy capitalising on the popularity in China of South Korea’s Yi Min-ho 이민호 | 李敏镐 – best known for TVDs Boys over Flowers 꽃보다 남자 (2009) and The Heirs 상속者들 (2013) – as well as following through on his manlier image in hit gangster movie Gangnam Blues 강남1970 (2015). The group sets off there for a showdown, and soon discovers that May is working for an unexpected person. Swan then discovers May is head of security for A Hotel Group and is to accompany the chairman (Shin U-cheol) on a visit to Jeju island, South Korea. Barely escaping from more bombs and assaults, the group takes temporary refuge in the Thai village Lakunbatun. In Bangkok the group tracks down Sam’s informant, who turns out to be Indian terrorist Purandhri Dhupam (Nopachai Chaiyanam) he says he’s been forced to work with the bombers, as a woman called May (Gim Yu-mi) is holding his girlfriend hostage. Cat says Wang Boyou and Yi San can keep the US$2 million reward as long as she gets to lead the team to clear their names.
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They reluctantly join forces with a group of bounty hunters – led by the independently wealthy Cat (Tang Yan), plus techie Swan (Wu Qianyu) and butler-cum-bodyguard Bobo (Fan Shaohuang) – who have also been blamed for the hotel bombings. Following a car chase when Sam is kidnapped, Wang Boyou and Yi San find themselves blamed for this latest bombing. However, the informant has already left for Bangkok and the meeting at Incheon’s A Hotel turns out to be a deadly trap.
In Hong Kong, after messing up an assignment as bodyguards to a foreign boxer (David Ismalone), former Interpol agents-turned-professional bodyguards Wang Boyou (Zhong Hanliang), 38, and his Korean friend Yi San (Yi Min-ho), 28, are summoned to Incheon, South Korea, by Sam (Lorne Oliver), a client who has found an informant among the bomb terrorists. In Tokyo and Singapore, bombs hidden inside cakes go off in buildings owned by the A Hotel Group. Routine action-comedy tries to be stylish but ends up formulaic and colourless.Įast Asia, the present day. On the night of the ceremony, Lee Min Ho also shared a photo of himself backstage with his award, along with director Shin Terra of his upcoming film “Bounty Hunters.Hong Kong/China/South Korea, 2016, colour, 2.35:1, 104 mins. Lee Min Ho is working without rest to grow out of his flower boy image and stand on top as an actor.” It is particularly meaningful that he received the award by the assessment of the Chinese public themselves.
Weibo representatives stated, “Through this recognition, Lee Min Ho grows beyond being a Hallyu star and into a film actor representing Asia. Hallyu star Lee Min Ho was crowned as the most influential actor during the “2016 Weibo Movie Night” awards ceremony.Īccording to his agency, MYM Entertainment, the actor attended the “2016 Weibo Movie Night” at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in China on June 13, where he was awarded the “Asian Cinema Pioneer” award.įor the new and first ever “Weibo Movie Night,” 100 million film fans on Weibo determined the winners by evaluating their impact and voting for them online.
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