The Treasure Hunter | |
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Directed by | Kevin Chu |
Written by | Charcoal Tan Yip Wan-chiu Lam Chiu-wing Lam Ching-yan Shao Huiting |
Produced by |
Han Sanping Han Xiaoli Jiang Tai Raymond Lee Pei Gin-yam Du Yang Ding Li Dong Zhengrong Han Xiao |
Starring |
Jay Chou Lin Chi-ling Eric Tsang Chen Daoming Baron Chen Will Liu Miao Pu |
Cinematography | Zhao Xiaoding |
Edited by | Chen Bowen |
Music by | Ricky Ho |
Production company | Chang Hong Channel Film & Video Co. |
Distributed by | Chang Hong Channel Film & Video Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Countries | China Taiwan Hong Kong |
Languages | Mandarin Cantonese |
Budget | NT$500 million [1] |
Box office | NT$363 million [1] |
The Treasure Hunter ( Chinese: 刺陵; pinyin: Cì líng) is a 2009 Taiwanese action film directed by Kevin Chu and starring Jay Chou and Lin Chi-ling, with Ching Siu-tung served as action director.
In the northwest desert where countless prosperous dynasties have flourished and fallen, there is a rumor that buried amongst the sand exists a tomb containing countless riches. A group of mysterious guardians have been guarding the map to the location of the treasure until a fierce rivalry erupts. A notorious international crime group, The Company, manage to hunt down the map keeper but not before he manages to pass the map to a young chivalrous man, Qiao Fei ( Jay Chou).
Qiao Fei is forced to give up the map to save the life of his mentor's daughter Lan Ting ( Lin Chi-ling). Teaming up with Hua Ding-bang ( Chen Daoming), who is a famous archeologist, and Lan Ting they embark on a dangerous journey to recover the map and fight to protect the ancient treasure. [2]
The film was generally panned by critics.
According to Perry Lam of Muse Magazine, 'Chou plays his role with a mix of nonchalance and self-righteousness which is simply irritating. He fits perfectly into a movie that, though trying hard to be escapist entertainment, often approaches its material with utmost solemnity; anything resembling a laugh, let alone fun, is taken out.' [3]