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China Salesman

China Salesman (Chinese: 中国推销员), also known as Deadly Contract and Tribal Warfare, is a 2017 Chinese action film co-written and directed by Tan Bing. The film stars Li Dongxue and features Mike Tyson and Steven Seagal. It was released in China on 16 June 2017.

China Salesman

Tan Bing

  • Tan Bing
  • Scott Salter

  • Haicheng Zhao
  • Zhifu Liu

TriCoast Worldwide

  • 16 June 2017 (2017-06-16) (China)

110 minutes

China

  • English
  • Chinese

USD$20 million[1]

USD$1.5 million[2]

Plot[edit]

Yan Jian, a young Chinese IT engineer, volunteers to go to North Africa and help the company he works for to win a competition. The winner can own the right to control the communication between South and North. French spy Michael is ordered to go to North Africa and win the competition, so that France can control the mineral resources of Africa. He hires the best mercenary in Africa, Lauder, and a former general, Kabbah, to help him. Yan discovers their conspiracy, and is the only one who can stop them.

Li Dongxue as Yan Jian

as Kabbah

Mike Tyson

as Susanna

Janicke Askevold

as Ruan Ling

Li Ai

as Sheik Asaid

Eriq Ebouaney

Clovis Fouin as Michael

as Lauder

Steven Seagal

Zijian Wang as Zheng Ming

Anthony Gavard as ONU Officer

Reception[edit]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film had an approval rating of 13% based on 16 reviews, and an average rating of 2.2/10.[3] On Metacritic, the film had a weighted average score of 14 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[4]

at IMDb

China Salesman