The Treasure Hunter

The Treasure Hunter
Official poster for The Treasure Hunter
Directed by	Kevin Chu
Written by	Charcoal Tan Yip Wan-chiu Lam Chiu-wing Lam Ching-yan Shao Huiting
Produced by	Han Sanping Han Xiaoli Jiang Tai Raymond Lee Pei Gin-yam Du Yang Ding Li Dong Zhengrong Han Xiao
Starring	Jay Chou Lin Chi-ling Eric Tsang Chen Daoming Baron Chen Will Liu Miao Pu
Cinematography	Zhao Xiaoding
Edited by	Chen Bowen
Music by	Ricky Ho
Production company	Chang Hong Channel Film & Video Co.
Distributed by	Chang Hong Channel Film & Video Co.
Release date	9 December 2009 (2009-12-09)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	China Taiwan Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin
Budget	NT$500 million[1]
Box office	NT$363 million[1]

The Treasure Hunter (Chinese: 刺陵; pinyin: Cì líng) is a 2009 Taiwanese action film directed by Kevin Chu and starring Jay Chou and Lin Chi-ling, with Ching Siu-tung served as action director.

Synopsis[]

In the northwest desert where countless prosperous dynasties have flourished and fallen, there is a rumor that buried amongst the sand exists a tomb containing countless riches. A group of mysterious guardians have been guarding the map to the location of the treasure until a fierce rivalry erupts. A notorious international crime group, The Company, manage to hunt down the map keeper but not before he manages to pass the map to a young chivalrous man, Qiao Fei (Jay Chou).

Qiao Fei is forced to give up the map to save the life of his mentor's daughter Lan Ting (Lin Chi-ling). Teaming up with Hua Ding-bang (Chen Daoming), who is a famous archeologist, and Lan Ting they embark on a dangerous journey to recover the map and fight to protect the ancient treasure.^[2]

Cast[]

Critical response[]

The film was generally panned by critics.

According to Perry Lam of Muse Magazine, 'Chou plays his role with a mix of nonchalance and self-righteousness which is simply irritating. He fits perfectly into a movie that, though trying hard to be escapist entertainment, often approaches its material with utmost solemnity; anything resembling a laugh, let alone fun, is taken out.'^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• The Treasure Hunter at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• Hong Kong Cinemagic: Treasure Hunter
• Ci Ling at IMDb

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