Detective Chinatown 2

Detective Chinatown 2 (Chinese: 唐人街探案 2) is a 2018 Chinese comedy-mystery buddy film directed and written by Chen Sicheng, starring Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran. A sequel to 2015's Detective Chinatown, the film was released in China on 16 February 2018. It has grossed over US$544 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time in China.[3][4]

Detective Chinatown 2
Theatrical release poster
Chinese唐人街探案 2
MandarinTángrénjiē tàn àn
Directed byChen Sicheng
Produced byChen Sengoi
Eileen Ling Gong
Sun Tao
Wang Haipeng
Ling Hong
Shawn Xiang Yue
John Zheng[1]
Written byChen Sicheng
Starring
Music byNathan Wang
CinematographyJie Du
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • 16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$544.1 million[2]

A sequel, Detective Chinatown 3, is scheduled to be released in 2020.

Plot

Qin Feng (Liu Haoran) thought he was going to attend his distant uncle Tang Ren's (Wang Baoqiang) wedding, which turned out to be a hoax. Tang Ren had deceived Qin Feng to come to New York for another purpose.

Godfather of Chinatown, Uncle Qi (Kenneth Tsang), gathered the world's best detectives from an app called Crimaster (which allows real detectives to upload their cases for the online community to solve them) and set up a competition to locate his grandson's killer within one week for a reward of five million dollars. His grandson Jason was found in a temple with his heart torn out and an unknown symbol on a table near him.

Unexpectedly, Qin Feng, the world's second-top detective and the world's third-top detective noticed another similar murder in the Hudson River one week before the investigation began. A white woman was also killed but lost her kidney. The two men pulled out surveillance videos of the two crime scenes and found that a man appeared at both crime scenes. They identify the man as Song Yi (Xiao Yang). However, after observing that Song Yi is right-handed, Qin Feng concludes that he could not be the killer since evidence suggests that the killer is left-handed. While Qin Feng and Tang Ren knew that Song Yi was not the killer, this was not everyone else's consensus, and so the duo had to clear Song Yi's name and find the real killer.

Eventually, with the help of Tang Ren's knowledge of Feng shui and Wu Xing, Qin Feng discovered the killer's motive. Due to the unique location of the murders, the time of the crimes, the eight characters of the victims' birthdays and the organs, he concluded the whole of New York was being used as an altar.(the elements fire, water, wood, metal, and earth were used to determine the locations, date, and the respective organ to be removed)

Finally, they find out that the doctor who was battling cancer believed that doing ancient Taoist rituals could grant him immortality, and was behind the murders. The doctor kills himself after being found out.

Qin Feng deduces that Song Yi is actually the mysterious man "Q", the top-ranked detective of Crimaster. Song Yi solved the case very early on and used the doctor's patterns to cover up his own murder of a sex trafficking ringleader who abducted his sister. Qin Feng lets him go, but later KIKO reveals that "Q"'s IP address does not locate him in America, making Song Yi as "Q" unlikely. "Q" is therefore still at large.

Cast

Reception

Box office

Detective Chinatown 2 earned $541.1 million in China, and $3 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $544.1 million.[2][5]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 54% based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10.[6] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7] Chinese Douban gave the film a user rating of 6.7/10.[8] Tianjin Maoyan Culture Media gave the film a 9.0 rating based on 23 million ratings.[9]

Awards and nominations
Award ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref
25th Beijing College Student Film FestivalStudents' Choice Award for Favorite FilmDetective Chinatown 2Won[10]
34th Hundred Flowers Awards Best Picture Nominated [11]
Best Director Chen Sicheng Nominated
Best Writing Nominated
Best Actor Liu Haoran Nominated
Best Newcomer Shang Yuxian Nominated
4th Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards Best Action Stuntman Long CuilongWon [12]
Best Action Choreographer Wu GangWon

References
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  2. "Detective Chinatown 2 (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. Tartaglione, Nancy (21 February 2018). "China's Wild New Year: 'Detective Chinatown 2' Crosses $300M, Eclipses 'Monster Hunt 2'; 'Operation Red Sea' Rising". Deadline. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. Mendelson, Scott. "Box Office: 'Early Man' Stumbles As 'Detective Chinatown 2' Tops Chinese Imports". Forbes. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. "Detective Chinatown 2 (2018) – International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. "Detective Chinatown 2 (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. "Detective Chinatown 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  8. "唐人街探案2 (2018)". Douban (in Chinese). 14 April 2019.
  9. "唐人街探案2". Maoyan (In Chinese). 14 April 2019.
  10. "大影节冯小刚获最佳导演 杨幂拿下最受欢迎女演员". Sina (in Chinese). 6 May 2018.
  11. "第34届大众电影百花奖提名名单公布". Netease (in Chinese). 7 November 2018.
  12. "第四届成龙国际动作电影周完整获奖名单 (in Chinese)". 1905.
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