Operation Red Sea (2018 film)

Operation Red Sea  (红海行动) is a 2018 Chinese action-war film directed by Dante Lam (林超贤) ,   and starring Zhang Yi (张译), Huang Jingyu (黄景瑜), Du Jiang ( 杜江) ,Hai Qing (海清) and Prince Mak.

Profile

• Movie: Operation Red Sea  / 红海行动 (2018)
• Aka : Seek McCartney / 寻找罗麦 (2018)
• Director: Dante Lam (林超贤)
• Writer :   Feng Ji (冯骥)
• Producer : Yu Dong (于冬)
• Cinematographer : Dante Lam (林超贤)
• Filming locations : Moravida, Morocco, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, Hainan
• Shooting date : February 2017
• Release Date:  2018-2-16
• Runtime: 138 minutes
  
• Genre : action , war
• Country: China 
• Language: Mandarin, 

Plot

It serves as the highlight film presented to audiences as a gift for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. This film is said to be "China's first modern naval film".The film has grossed USD$579 million, making it currently the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2018 and second-highest-grossing ever in China. 

Cast

• Zhang Yi (张译) as Yang Rui (杨锐) , team leader
• Huang Jingyu (黄景瑜)  as Gu Shun (顾顺) , replacement sniper
• Du Jiang ( 杜江) as Xu Hong (徐宏) , deputy team leader, demolitions specialist
• Hai Qing (海清) as Xia Nan (夏楠), French-Chinese journalist
• Wang Yutian (王雨甜) as Zhang Tiande (张天德) ("Rocky"), squad machinegunner
• Jiang Luxia (蒋璐霞) as Tong Li (佟莉), squad machinegunner and only female member
• Yin Fang (尹昉)  as Li Dong (李懂) , spotter
• Henry Prince Mak (麦亨利) as Zhuang Yu, squad signaller
• Guo Jiahao (郭家豪)  as Lu Chen (陆琛) , squad medic
• Huang Fenfen (黄芬芬) as Deng Mei (邓梅) a Greenville Energy corporation employee and hostage
• Bai Bing (白冰)  as an energy corporation employee and hostage
• Zhang Hanyu (张涵予) as Gao Yun (高云) , fleet commander
• Jacky Cai as a PLA drone pilot
• Wang Qiang (王强) as fleet commissar
• Simon Yam (任达华)  as Chief Editor, Xia Nan's boss
• Wang Yanlin (王彦霖) as Luo Xing, the primary Jiaolong team sniper\ 
• Huo Siyan (霍思燕)
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• Sanâa Alaoui as Ena, a local Arabic village girl who helps the Jialong team
• Khalid Benchagra as Dr William Parsons, the corrupted head of the Greenville Energy Corporation
• Ayoub Layoussifi as Abu, Xia Nan's Arabic friend and co-worker
• Hassane Guannouni as Sayyid, The leader of the Zaka extremist group
• Mezouari Houssam as Taha, a young but deadly Arabic sniper in the Zaka extremist group