The Message

Year: 2009

Actors: Bingbing Li

Duration: 118 min

Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government in 1942 Nanjingn (Nanking), the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and mouse" ensues as the Chinese code-breaker attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.—emfarrell

Genre: Crime   Drama   Thriller   War