Codename Cougar
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| Directed by | Zhang Yimou Yang Fengliang |
| Written by | Cheng Shiqing |
| Starring | Gong Li Ge You Liu Xiaoning Wang Xueqi |
| Cinematography | Gu Changwei |
| Release date(s) | 1989 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese |
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| Simplified Chinese: | 代號美洲豹 |
| Traditional Chinese: | 代號美洲豹 |
| Pinyin: | Dàiháo měizhōubào |
Codename Cougar (also known as Codename: Cougar, Operation Cougar or The Puma Action) is a 1989 Chinese thriller film. It was co-directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang. Unlike the bulk of Zhang's early work (ranging from 1986's Red Sorghum to 1995's Shanghai Triad) which were all historical pieces, Codename Cougar is a modern thriller involving a skyjacked airliner and political intrigue.
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[edit] Plot
The film follows a commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul that is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the fictional Taiwan Revolutionary Army Front. Communist authorities cannot seize the plane because of the presence of an important business figure on the flight, and agree to cooperate discretely with Taiwanese authorities to defuse an already tense situation.
[edit] Reception
The film is generally considered a failure or a footnote to Zhang's general ouevre; Time referred to the film as Zhang Yimou's last "purely frivolous work."[1]
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