No More Bets | |
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Simplified Chinese | 孤注一掷 |
Traditional Chinese | 孤注一擲 |
Literal meaning | To Bet All In |
Hanyu Pinyin | Gū Zhù Yī Zhì |
Jyutping | gu1 zyu3 jat1 zaak6 |
Directed by | Shen Ao |
Written by | Shen Ao Zhang Yifan Xu Luyang |
Produced by | Ning Hao |
Starring | Lay Zhang Gina Jin Yong Mei Eric Wang |
Cinematography | Wenqiang He |
Production companies | Dirty Monkeys Bad Monkey (Shanghai) Culture Communication Ltd. Shanghai Ticketmaster Film&TV culture Co., Ltd. China Film Corporation Beijing Shanglion Culture Communication Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Box office | $540.5 million[1] |
No More Bets (Chinese: 孤注一掷; pinyin: Gū Zhù Yī Zhì) is a 2023 Chinese crime thriller film directed by Shen Ao and produced by Ning Hao. The film chronicles a story about Chinese people being trafficked overseas to a Southeast Asian country and forced to commit Internet fraud. It features Lay Zhang, Gina Jin, Yong Mei, and Eric Wang. The film was released in China in both regular theaters and IMAX on August 8, 2023 and achieved box office success, earning a gross of over $500 million.[2]
In response to the film, Cambodia banned showings of No More Bets due to its potential allusion to the country and the negative image it portrays, while the film was criticised by the governments of Myanmar and Thailand.
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