Synopsis
反击
Security expert Lu Zi Ming is hired to work at an oil and gas plant project bidding event. He is framed by several of the parties involved. In order to prove his innocence he must now devise the ultimate counter-attack.
The 2020–2022 China Window
Counterattack holds position #117 of 181 China films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s China Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 83 titles released, including Counterattack. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (216 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 82 other China films in 2021.
The 803rd China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 7% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 42th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Counterattack, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- knife fight · 3
- oil exploration · 2
- special ops · 1
- friend turned enemy · 1
- sniper · 9
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #457 of 946 China films indexed here (52nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China Action productions specifically: #125 of 319 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English |
| Production Companies | Changxing Film Culture, Sky & Sea (Shanghai) Culture Media, N.B. Kernel Studios |
| Runtime | 1h 28m |
| Release Date | February 15, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt13784650 |







