{"id":31674,"date":"2026-02-26T00:11:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=31674"},"modified":"2026-02-26T00:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:11:43","slug":"review-scare-out-movie-review-zhang-yimou-tackles-national-security-in-chinese-spy-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=31674","title":{"rendered":"Review | Scare Out movie review: Zhang Yimou tackles national security in Chinese spy thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"


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2\/5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Produced under the guidance of China\u2019s Ministry of State Security, Zhang Yimou<\/span>\u2019s hi-tech spy thriller Scare Out<\/em> is the first contemporary Chinese film to tackle the issue of national security head-on.<\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Shooting on location in the newly modernised metropolis of Shenzhen, Zhang seizes the opportunity to flex his virtuoso visual sensibilities.<\/p>\n

Incorporating CCTV and airborne drone footage amid a wash of state-of-the-art surveillance gadgetry sure to make even James Bond blush, Zhang presents a shimmering, neon-drenched vision of a hi-tech, almost futuristic China.<\/p>\n

The plot is deceptively simple. The formula for an advanced material developed for the construction of a new fighter jet is being leaked to an unidentified \u2013 but decidedly Caucasian \u2013 foreign power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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