Review | Scare Out movie review: Zhang Yimou tackles national security in Chinese spy thriller

26/02/2026 2 Views

2/5 stars

Produced under the guidance of China’s Ministry of State Security, Zhang Yimou’s hi-tech spy thriller Scare Out is the first contemporary Chinese film to tackle the issue of national security head-on.

Slickly executed but narratively muddled, it stars Jackson Yee and Zhu Yilong as security agents who, while on the trail of stolen military secrets, learn there is a mole operating within their own unit.

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