Formed Police Unit (film)

Formed Police Unit is a 2024 Chinese action film based on real events of the Chinese Formed Police Unit when they were deployed on duty overseas. Directed by Hong Kong director Tat Chiu Lee, and produced by Andrew Lau, the film stars Huang Jingyu, Wang Yibo, and Zhong Chuxi.

Synopsis

The film is the first commercial film with an overseas peacekeeping theme, focusing on the life and death moments of the Chinese peacekeeping police. The riot squad consists of officers Yu Weidong, Yang Zhen, and Ding Hui were sent on an overseas mission at the request of the United Nations. They shouldered a sacred mission and traveled to foreign countries to carry out peacekeeping tasks in war-torn mission areas. They will face various dangers such as terrorist attacks, armed riots, and rampant gangs, and peacekeeping operations cannot be delayed

Cast

Huang Jingyu as Yu Weidong
Wang Yibo as Yang Zhen
Zhong Chuxi as Ding Hui
Gu Jiacheng as Jiang Xiaoyang
Zhao Huahua as Du Yifan

Production

The filming started in Beihai, Guangxi from February 27, 2021, until May 2021. On August 13 of the same year, the film's official Weibo posted an announcement, announcing the termination of all cooperation with Zhang Zhehan due to the actor being involved in a controversy over photos taken years earlier in Japan at a spot near the Yasukuni Shrine and Nogi Shrine due to the shrines' honoring of imperial Japanese military officers who invaded China. Due to this incident, it took three years for the film to replace, reshoot, and cut out scenes involving the actor.