Saving Mr. Wu

Saving Mr. Wu
Chinese film poster
Traditional Chinese解救吾先生
Simplified Chinese解救吾先生
Hanyu PinyinJiějiù Wú Xiānshēng
JyutpingGaai2 Gau3 Ng4 Sin1 Saang1
Directed byDing Sheng
Screenplay byDing Sheng
Produced byXiao Chen'an
Du Yang
Xiong Xiaolan
Preston Lee
StarringAndy Lau
Liu Ye
Wu Ruofu
Wang Qianyuan
CinematographyDing Yu
Edited byDing Sheng
Music byLao Zai
Production
companies
Beijing Going Zoom Media
Shanghai New Media Group
Heyi Pictures
Beijing Motianlun Media
Distributed byGolden Network Asia (Worldwide)[1]
Release dates
  • 26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) (SRIFF)
  • 30 September 2015 (2015-09-30) (China)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$31.2 million[2]

Saving Mr. Wu, (Chinese: 解救吾先生), previously known as The Strongest Competitor (Chinese: 最強對手),[3][4] is a 2015 Chinese action crime thriller film directed by Ding Sheng and starring Andy Lau, Liu Ye, Wu Ruofu and Wang Qianyuan. The film was based on a true abduction case where cast member Wu Ruofu was the victim.[5]

  1. ^ "Golden Network takes Andy Lau thriller 'Saving Mr. Wu'".
  2. ^ "China Box Office for Saving Mr. Wu (2015) - The Numbers".
  3. ^ "Andy's Taiwan secret trip and will be singing new song in CNY gala show". www.andylausounds.com. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  4. ^ "《解救吾先生》近日正式宣佈殺青_娛樂頻道_中國網". big5.china.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  5. ^ "Andy Lau's role in new movie "Saving Mr.Wu" still a mystery". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.