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Operation Mekong
2016
· Movie
· 124 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Every rating
62–68
out of 100
The Chinese government launches a daring operation to arrest a violent drug cartel following the discovery of thirteen Chinese crew members' bodies on two ships sailing through the Mekong River.
Details
- Director
- Dante Lam Chiu-yin
- Released
- 30 September 2016
- Country
- Hong Kong, China
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $30.2M
- Box office
- $173.0M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 8 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 12th Chinese American Film Festival 2016 | Golden Angel Award Film | Operation Mekong | Winner |
| 12th Chinese American Film Festival 2016 | Best Producer | Winner | |
| 12th Chinese American Film Festival 2016 | Best Actor | Zhang Hanyu | Winner |
| 13th Guangzhou Student Film Festival 2016 | Most Popular Film | Operation Mekong | Winner |
| 24th Beijing College Student Film Festival 2016 | Favorite Actor | Zhang Hanyu | Winner |
| 24th Beijing College Student Film Festival 2016 | Best Actor | Zhang Hanyu | Nominee |
| 24th Beijing College Student Film Festival 2016 | Best Actor | Eddie Peng | Nominee |
| 24th Beijing College Student Film Festival 2016 | Best Visual Effects | Nominee |
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12th Chinese American Film Festival
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Zhang Hanyu | Winner |
| Best Producer | Winner | |
| Golden Angel Award Film | Operation Mekong | Winner |
24th Beijing College Student Film Festival
5 nominations, 2 won
| Favorite Actor | Zhang Hanyu | Winner |
| Favorite Film | Operation Mekong | Winner |
| Best Actor | Zhang Hanyu | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Eddie Peng | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Nominee |
31st Golden Rooster Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Picture | Operation Mekong | Winner |
| Best Art Director | Li Jianwei | Nominee |
13th Guangzhou Student Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Popular Film | Operation Mekong | Winner |
34th Hundred Flowers Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Zhang Hanyu | Nominee |
| Best Director | Dante Lam | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Feng Wenjuan | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Dante Lam, Zhu Jingqi, Liu Xiaoqun, Tan Huixian, Lin Mingjie | Nominee |