Your brother's girlfriend poisoned the milk tea — and your parents' death wasn't an accident.
Red Alert is a suspenseful action film about narcotics, based on the true story of a rural family in Yongtai, and shot on location in Fuzhou. The main character, Wang Li, drops out of the police academy and works as a delivery boy because of the shadow of his childhood. He finds out that his brother Sun Zhao and his girlfriend Bai Mei are involved in a case of poisoned milk tea, which is related to the death of his parents 19 years ago.
Acting
Xu Jia carries the weight of 19 years in every frame.
Production
Fuzhou locations feel lived-in, not prettified for cameras.
Director
Thomas Huang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual Yongtai villages with locals as extras — the 'poisoned milk tea' case mirrored real 2019 scandals in Fujian province.
Thomas Huang's background in documentary work explains the handheld urgency; he originally wanted to cast non-professionals entirely.
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