Rotterdam (2018 film)

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Rotterdam (Cantonese: 鹿特丹 Jyutping: luk⁶ dak⁶ daan¹) is a 2018 live-action/animated dystopian action fantasy comedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Benny Chan and starring Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Kenny Wong, Ben Yuen, Ray Lui, Eric Kot, Kenneth Tsang, Lars Mikkelsen, Will Yun Lee and Famke Janssen. An international co-production of Hong Kong and China, it is Chan's last film to be released during his lifetime. In the film, General Mok Chi-kong (Yen) and the Resistance go to Rotterdam after winning a lottery, only to be hunted down by several other agency operatives courtesy of property tycoon Andries Twellaar (Mikkelsen), along with the former's childhood heroes.

Produced by Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment, Huayi Brothers, Shanghai Film Group and Choi Ho Productions in association with Tencent Pictures, Sil-Metropole Organisation, One Cool Film Production and Le Vision Pictures for TVB Pearl and the China Movie Channel, Rotterdam premiered in China on 14 August 2018 and was released theatrically in Hong Kong by OSGH five days later. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, it was met with positive reception from audiences and animation fans, and grossed $180 million worldwide against a reported HK$30 million budget, as well as nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Sound Design, but lost to Operation Red Sea. Its commercial success spawned comic book and video game adaptations by Film City Comics and Orange Sky Golden Harvest Games respectively.

Plot synopsis[]

In 2018, upon finding a severely injured boy named Gordon stumbling in his neighborhood in Hong Kong, General Mok Chi-kong rushes him to the hospital, where the wounds are determined to be caused by fireworks.

In 2030, the near-future dystopian Netherlands is facing a breakdown of civil order primarily due to widespread oil shortages and ecocide. Mok, now the leader of the Resistance and along with his fellow Resistance members and friends, go on a trip to Rotterdam after winning a lottery, where property tycoon Andries Twellaar plans to pursue the Resistance with multiple parties including the higher-ups and the General Intelligence and Security Service. Mok and the Resistance, along with their childhood heroes, set out to stop Twellaar's schemes, fight his henchmen using martial arts and find his long-lost father.

Cast[]

Donnie Yen as General Mok Chi-kong (莫志剛), the leader of the Resistance
- Fan Chi-sing as Young Mok Chi-kong
Shu Qi as Captain Mok Yim-fen (莫艷芬), a martial artist who is Mok's girlfriend and soon-to-be wife
- Lee Ming-sum as Young Mok Yim-fen
Kenny Wong as Sergeant Sze-to Ying (司徒瑛)
Ben Yuen as Lieutenant Au Chok-chow (歐作舟)
Ray Lui as Corporal Lai Ming (黎明)
Eric Kot as Private Cheung Tak-yiu (張德耀)
Kenneth Tsang as Mok Cho-fan (莫楚帆), Mok's long-lost father
- Marvin Hui as Young Mok Cho-fan
Lars Mikkelsen as Andries Twellaar, a property tycoon who is the main antagonist of the film
Will Yun Lee as Ng Tung (吳桐), Twellaar's chief of security and henchman
Famke Janssen as Marit Dragonjer, Twellaar's henchwoman
Kevin Camphuijsen as Dirk Agter Es, Twellaar's henchman
Tijl Tijink as Klaas van Dregt, Twellaar's henchman and Jeet Kune Do hitman
John Hearn as Michael, Twellaar's henchman and Hapkido hitman
Simu Liu as Private Lam Wing-hong (林永康), Twellaar's henchman who is subject to Larguirucho, Nezumi Otoko and Werner's pranks. He later defects to the Resistance as private, having revealed to be General Mok's childhood friend.
Ron Smoorenburg as Twellaar's taekwondo hitman
Xander Chun Kuan Tai as Twellaar's Choy Li Fut hitman
Lau Jia Jian as Lee Zheng Min (李正民), Twellaar's Singaporean-Chinese henchman who is a Bruce Lee wannabe, accident-prone and subject to Larguirucho, Nezumi Otoko and Werner's pranks, and later executed by Twellaar for his failure to eliminate the Resistance.
Pal Sangha as Twellaar's Wing Chun hitman
Chika Akuchi as Twellaar's Dambe hitman
Nicolás Cortes as Matías Ávila, Twellaar's American Kenpo hitman and sniper assassin
Maarten Woestman as AIVD Agent Van Berkel
Lotte Verbeek as Lineke Jonge Poerink, a reporter for NRC
Huig Northeimer as Corporal Magnus Badenburg
- Stijn Klooster, Thies van Eerbeek, Kasper van Leussen and Jochem Veer as the Baseball-Playing Assailants
Ken Ma as Joseph Tang Chun-Wai (鄧俊偉), a gamer who is a die-hard fan of Half-Life 2
Callum Lee as Gordon

Additionally, Naut Bolscher appears as the newcaster. Brandon Chow makes his appearance as the cafe owner, while Lye Wen Kai and Santhil Kumar appear as the cafe robbers; Óliver Carvallo and Joaquín Abasto appear as the cafe customers. Rik Jager and Izelle Bernstein appear as the policeman and the old lady respectively. Director, co-producer and co-writer Benny Chan makes his voice cameo appearance as an airport announcer. Nancy Tso plays a small role as a hospital nurse at the beginning of the film. Hubert van Boijen and Connie Chan have cameos as a knife-wielding assailant and Mrs. Tang, Joseph's mother, respectively.

Donnie Yen Stunt Team[]

Ron Wedgeworth
Duncan Backus
Rajani Ahmed
Sanjit Kale
Sanjay Shaikh
Craig MacKinlay
Ian McLaughlan
Bay Jia Sheng
Vincent Carrel
Lim Yong Ong
Jonathan Blayney

Voice cast[]

The Adventures of Hijitus[]

Callum Lee as Hijitus and Oaky
Brian McPherson as Larguirucho
Lance Doyle as Pichichus, Serrucho and Boxitracio
Douglas Parker as Gold Silver
Alake Webster as Professor Neurus
Izelle Bernstein as Cachavacha
Henry Grant as Pucho and the Commissioner

GeGeGe no Kitarō[]

Werner[]

John Moran as Werner
Stanley Coverdale as Röhrich
David Meade as Andi
Michael Kirby as Eckat
Anthony Marchant as Hüpenbecker
John Stead as Kalli and Hörni
David Walters as Ölfuß
Robert Willis as Präsi
David Wald as Holgi
Ronald Graham as Nobel-Schröder
Gary Johnson as Baulöwe Günzelsen
Adam Coyne as Helmut
Gary Bailey as Bruno

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Rotterdam (2018 film)

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