A commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the Taiwan Revolutionary Army Front. Chinese authorities cannot seize the plane because of the presence of an important business figure on board, but agree to cooperate with Taiwanese authorities to defuse the tense situation.
Acting
Young Gong Li already commanding every frame she's in.
Direction
Two directors for 76 minutes? The tension behind camera probably matched on-screen.
Director
Yang Fengliang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Zhang Yimou's second feature and his ONLY co-directed film, made before Raise the Red Lantern made him a global name.
Released during the last years of martial law in Taiwan, the film's sympathetic portrayal of mainland cooperation was genuinely politically daring.
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