Caught in Time (2020) on Netflix
NR20201h 35m
In 1990s southern China, Detective Zhong Cheng tracks the Eagle Gang, a well-trained crew of robbers. Its leader, Zhang Sun, uses the codename Falcon.
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Plot summary
In southern China, the 1990s. Detective Zhong Cheng tracks the Eagle Gang, a group of robbers that is well trained and ruthless. The gang carries out a series of crimes over the course of years. Zhang Sun, who goes by the codename Falcon, leads the gang. Zhang Sun taunts Zhong Cheng, and the detective keeps working to find the gang.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Caught in Time (2020)
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- The film adapts the case of robber and serial killer Zhang Jun, dubbed "China's number one outlaw" when he was active in the 1990s; he killed or injured around 50 people before being apprehended in September 2000 and executed the next year.
- For its action scenes, the production used a total of 48 guns, 6,243 blank cartridges and 4,312 explosive cartridges.
- Wang Qianyuan and Daniel Wu reportedly nearly injured themselves trying to make the action realistic, and Wang said he and Wu spent 40 days on a diet and exercise regimen to prepare for the film's shirtless final fight.
- Michelle Wai began tanning and gaining weight about six months before shooting started, preparing to play a 1990s police officer in the film.
- The film's working title, literally "Solving the case in time", was changed in September 2020 to one meaning "Getting rid of outlaws", in support of the ongoing law enforcement campaign to crack down on underworld crimes.
