Story of movie Black %26 White Episode I: The Dawn Of Assault : Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault (Mandarin: ????????????) is a 2012 Taiwanese action thriller film directed by Tsai Yueh-hsun. The film is a prequel to Black & White (2009). It was released on January 13, 2012. The film stars Mark Chao, reprising his role from the original series, along with Huang Bo and Angelababy. It's followed by Black & White: The Dawn of Justice (2014).
| Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault | |
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| Directed by | Tsai Yueh-hsun |
| Produced by | Tsai Yueh-Hsun Yu Hsiao-Hui |
| Screenplay by | Kelly Chen Tsai Yueh-hsun |
| Based on | Black & White |
| Starring | Mark Chao Huang Bo Angelababy |
| Music by | Terdsak Janpan |
| Cinematography | Mark Lee |
| Edited by | Chou Hung-yi |
Production company | Prajna Works Entertainment |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | US$11 million |
| Box office | NT$37.6 million (Taipei) ¥89.5 million (China) |
Screenplay
- Mark Chao as Wu Ying Xiong
- Huang Bo as Xu Da-Fu
- Angelababy as Fan Ning
- Terri Kwan as Tu Hsiao-ching
- Leon Dai as Jabar
- Alex To as SIS Captain Ou
- Jack Kao as Yuan
- Ken Lin as Tung
- Dean Fujioka as Li Che-yong
- Dino Acconci
- Julio Acconci
- Lin Yu-chih as Bao
- Fox Hsu as Er Bao
- Hsiu Chieh-kai
- George Wu as Jack
- Matt Wu
- Hsia Ching-ting
- Jason Tsou
- Chien Te-men
- Janine Chang as Lan Hsi-ying (voice)
The film earned NT$37.6 million at the Taipei box office and ¥89.5 million at the Chinese box office.
On Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a grade of 3 out of 10 and said: "Taiwan's first action blockbuster is a fiasco, redeemed only by Mainland comic Huang Bo." Taipei Times complemented its action scenes, but criticized its characters and plot lines.
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