Tong Hui
Director
The Deadline (2025)
China's first one-shot, period action drama. The story tells of a group of death row prisoners waiting for the arrival of "Autumn Queen" during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. They were given a chance to survive that was almost equivalent to "beheading" - breaking through the enemy siege to light a beacon for help. This was obviously a road of no return, but they had no choice...
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Runtime: 91 min.
Released: April 4, 2025
Status: Released
Certification: NR