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Saving Mr. Wu
Saving Mr. Wu
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2015
1h 46m
6.4(121 votes)
Crime
Drama
Thriller

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Mr. Wu, a Hong Kong movie star, is kidnapped in Beijing by Zhang Hua's gang. The police quickly form a task force and begin the search, ignoring that detectives in charge have only twenty hours before the deadline.

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