The Message

The Message

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Release Date

9/22/2009

Runtime

118 mins

Overview

After a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

-

Revenue

$35,450,000

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A high-stakes espionage thriller set in occupied China where suspicion pools and deepens in a single tense location. The cat-and-mouse game between agent and spy master becomes increasingly claustrophobic as allegiances blur and no one can be trusted.

Mood

TenseParanoidClaustrophobic

Themes

IdentityBetrayalSurvivalWar

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

High-contrastFormalist

Structure

Single location

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Graphic violence

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