
Chanakya
2019


“In the world of spies, no one is ever beyond suspicion.”
14 votes
After a critical intelligence leak, a national security unit launches an intensive investigation. But successive setbacks in their arrest operations reveal a shocking truth: the trail leads back to within the unit itself. Amidst a storm of trust and betrayal, a silent battle begins to unfold...
Director
Zhang YimouWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
Mandarin
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$187.0M
Production Companies

The Chinese are usually quite good at these quickly-paced, high-tech, espionage thrillers but this one is really a bit of a mess. After a fairly sophisticated surveillance and pursuit operation captures “Nathan” (Nathaniel Boyd) but sees investigator “Yan Di” (Jackson Yee) take a crossbow arrow to his shoulder, they head back to their office to discover that the bosses think there is a mole in their operation. A new boss is drafted in and she (Jai Song) and their overall director are convinced that the spy is either the now bandaged up “Yan Di” or his long-time colleague “Huang Ki” (Yilong Zhu…
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