Vortex
2019 1h 43m movie Film China

Vortex

铤而走险

Synopsis

铤而走险

The story revolves around a "surprise" kidnapping case. Liu Xiaojun (Dapeng), the owner of the car dealership, was involved in a kidnapping case for the accident of reselling a black car. He was surrounded by the kidnapped little girl Kiki (Ulanto Yaduo), the dereliant brother Xia Xi (Ou Hao) Several seemingly irrelevant people, such as Xia Tao (Sha Baoliang), dancers (Li Meng ), and second-hand car dealers (Cao Bingyu), have also fallen into the abyss of eternal annihilation.

The 2018–2020 China Window

219 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Vortex sits at position #148.

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The 2010s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Vortex premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #538 of 946 China films indexed here (43rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among China Drama productions specifically: #339 of 547 (top 62%).

Production Details

Primary Country China
Original Language Chinese
Production Companies Hehe Pictures
Runtime 1h 43m
Release Date August 30, 2019
IMDb tt10074486

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