Codename Cougar

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Codename Cougar
Traditional	代號美洲豹
Simplified	代號美洲豹
Pinyin	Dàiháo měizhōubào
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

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.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 References 4 External links

[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 discreetly 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 oeuvre; Time referred to the film as Zhang Yimou's last "purely frivolous work."^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Codename Cougar at the Internet Movie Database
• Codename Cougar at Allmovie

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