Charging Out Amazon

Charging Out Amazon is a 2002 Chinese action film directed by Song Yeming and written by Zhao Junfang and Wang Gehong, the film stars Hou Yong, Mu Lixin, and Tom Butler. The film was produced by August First Film Studio and CCTV-6. It was released in China on July 1, 2002. Charging Out Amazon received mixed to positive reviews and was a box office success. The film won Best Ornamental Effect Award from Beijing College Student Film Festival, four awards from Huabiao Awards, and three awards from Golden Rooster Awards and was nominated for Best Recording.

Charging Out Amazon
Traditional衝出亞馬遜
Simplified冲出亚马逊
MandarinChōngchū Yàmǎxùn
Directed bySong Yeming
Produced byZhao Xuehua
Chen Quansheng
Liu Long
Written byZhao Junfang
Wang Gehong
StarringHou Yong
Mu Lixin
Tom Butler
CinematographyDong Yachun
Production
company
Release date
  • 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Budget¥18 million[2]

Cast
  • Hou Yong as Wang Hui, lieutenant of the special troop of People's Liberation Army.
  • Mu Lixin as Hu Xiaolong, second lieutenant of the special troop of People's Liberation Army.
  • Tom Butler as Cody Ross, general.
  • Croft Wiutam as Chief instructor.
  • Heath Cortn as Lina Ross, doctoress, Cody Ross's daughter.
  • Dean Marshall as Johnson, lieutenant of the storm troops.
  • Andr Thompsom as Rossini, lieutenant of the amphibious assault team.
  • J. R. Bourne as Michael, lieutenant of the storm troops.
  • Ton Cutnbert as "Black lion", the drug gang leader.

Production

This film was shot in Sanya, Hainan.

Accolades
DateAwardCategoryRecipientsResultNotes
26 May 2002Beijing College Student Film FestivalBest Ornamental EffectCharging Out AmazonWon
12 September 2002Huabiao AwardsOutstanding FilmSong YemingWon[3]
Outstanding Film TechnologyCharging Out AmazonWon[3]
Outstanding DirectorSong YemingWon[3]
Outstanding ActorHou YongWon[3]
22 October 2002Golden Rooster AwardsBest PictureSong YemingWon[4]
Best CinematographyDong YachunWon[5]
Best ArtJin RongzheWon[5]
Best RecordingWang YingangNominated[5]

References
  1. 反映钢铁战士超极限为国争光事迹 《冲出亚马逊》开拍. Sina (in Chinese). 2001-08-24.
  2. 冲出亚马逊 再现众铁汉. Sina (in Chinese). 2002-09-02.
  3. "8th Huabiao Awards". Xinhua News (in Chinese). 2002-09-12.
  4. "'For the Children' and 'Charging Out Amazon' won Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture". Sohu (in Chinese). 2002-10-22.
  5. 第11届金鸡百花电影节闭幕 金鸡奖揭晓并列多多. Chinanews (in Chinese). 2002-10-22.


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