Operation Mekong (2016) [R|NR]

Release Date:
September 30, 2016

Original Title:
湄公河行動

Alternate Titles:
Mei Gong he xing dong
Mei Gung ho hang dung
Operation Mekong
湄公河
湄公河大案

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Crime | War

Production Companies:
Film Fireworks Production

Production Countries:
China | Hong Kong

Ratings / Certifications:
CA: R  DE: 18  US: R|NR 

Runtime: 124

Inspired by the true story known as the Mekong Massacre--two Chinese commercial vessels are ambushed while traveling down the Mekong River in the waters of the Golden Triangle, one of the largest drug-manufacturing regions in the world. 13 sailors are executed at gunpoint, and 900,000 methamphetamine pills are recovered at the scene. Upon discovery, the Chinese government immediately sends a band of elite narcotics officers led by Captain Gao Gang (Zhang Hanyu) to the Golden Triangle to uncover the truth behind the murders. Tea field owner and Golden Triangle-based intelligence officer Fang Xinwu (Eddie Peng) joins the investigation. After it is discovered that the drugs seized on the Chinese ships had been planted by the henchman of a notorious drug cartel leader named Naw Khar, the governments of Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China launch a joint task force to apprehend the criminal. The road to justice is, however, paved with dangerous and deadly obstacles.

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