Chongqing Hot Pot
| Chongqing Hot Pot | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Chinese | 火锅英雄 |
| Directed by | Yang Qing |
| Produced by |
Tao Kun James Li Chen Kuofu[1] |
| Screenplay by | Yang Qing |
| Starring |
Chen Kun Bai Baihe Qin Hao Yu Entai |
| Music by |
Peng Fei Zhao Yingjun[1] |
| Edited by | Li Nanyi[1] |
Production companies |
Wanda Pictures New Classics Pictures CKF Pictures Hehe (Shanghai) Pictures K. Pictures (Beijing) Heyi Pictures Easy Entertainment Haining[1] |
| Distributed by | Wuzhou Film Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | US$58.4 million[2] |
Chongqing Hot Pot (Chinese: 火锅英雄; literally: "Hot Pot Hero") is a 2016 Chinese caper screwball comedy film written and directed by Yang Qing and starring Chen Kun, Bai Baihe, Qin Hao and Yu Entai.[1] The film had its world premiere in March 2016 at the 2016 Hong Kong International Film Festival and was released in China by Wuzhou Film Distribution on April 1, 2016.[3][4]
Plot
From director Yang Qing (One Night at the Supermarket) comes Chongqing Hot Pot, the official opening night film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out one of the bank’s employees is a former classmate and look to enlist her in deciding their future. The movie ended on a happy note with the four friends eating together loosely discussing their future on the roof of the hospital where Liu Bo is admitted.[5]
Cast
Reception
Box office
The film grossed US$5.7 million on its opening day in China.[6] It grossed a total of CN¥370.5 million in China.[3] It grossed US$58.4 million worldwide.[2]
Critical response
James Marsh of Screen Daily said that "while scant characterisation and flailing tonal shifts may prevent the film from standing up to serious scrutiny, Yang is clearly out to have fun, and on that front his belated second feature certainly delivers."[1]
See also
- One Night in Supermarket, a 2009 film by the same director
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Marsh, James (March 23, 2016). "'Chongqing Hot Pot': HKIFF review". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- 1 2 "Chongqing Hot Pot (2016)". The Numbers. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- 1 2 "火锅英雄（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ↑ Shackleton, Liz (February 24, 2016). "HKIFF to open with Trivisa, Chongqing Hotpot". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.gooddrama.net/chinese-movie/chongqing-hot-pot-movie
- ↑ "Box office data for Friday, 1st April 2016 (Estimates as of 21:30 CST)". Box Office China. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
External links
- Chongqing Hot Pot on IMDb
- Chongqing Hot Pot at Box Office Mojo
- Chongqing Hot Pot at Rotten Tomatoes
- Chongqing Hot Pot at Metacritic