Role: Bruce
Genre: Action
Director: Alan Yuen
Written by: Yun Cheung Kong, Xu Lei, Alan Yuen
Running time: 1h 53min
Release Date: 12 July 2019 (China)

Summary

Extreme sport lover Zhou Feng got involved in an international illegal trade by accident. So he had to follow an international special agent Bruce to Budapest. Together with a crappy police officer Miao Yan, a non-professional scientist Ding Shan and an unemployed doctor LV, they became an amateur unit. In company with the senior agent Bruce, these four rookies started a fight with the terrorists that was both thrilling and hilarious.

Production & Release

– Filming locations are Hungary and China. In Hungary, the shooting spots include Hungarian State Opera House, Liberty Bridge, Gellért Hill, Váci Street and Liberty Square. The Rookies wrapped in China on January 23, 2018.
– The Rookies will be released in China on July 12, 2019. On August 8, 2018, official site published two sets of posters.

Information

Yuen is the scriptwriter of the 2015 box-office sensation “Monster Hunt.” He also wrote the screenplay for “The Rookies,” a hilarious story of a group of rookie spies who embark on an international adventure. “It is a different spy film as the heroes in the story are formerly quite ordinary people,” said Yuen. “The film is also about their dreams, and how ordinary people do extraordinary things.”

Jovovich plays an professional spy who mentors the novices. “I am a big fan of Chinese culture and ‘Monster Hunt’,” said Jovovich. “I had never starred in an action comedy before.” She added that she was attracted by the script. The young Chinese actors she worked with in the movie also impressed her as they learned very quickly. Many amusing scenes in the movie are likely to change people’s impression of the leading actress who starred in classic horror sci-fi film series “Resident Evil.”

The film was mainly shot in Budapest. It features visually impelling scenes of gunfights and car chases.