Film

The Deadline

2025 · 1h 31m · Action · History · Mystery

China's first one-shot period piece

China's first one-shot, period action drama. The story tells of a group of death row prisoners waiting for the arrival of "Autumn Queen" during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. They were given a chance to survive that was almost equivalent to "beheading" - breaking through the enemy siege to light a beacon for help. This was obviously a road of no return, but they had no choice...

Luo Liqun

Li Mu

Liu Guanqi

Zhu Ling'er

Shan Mingkai

Qin Xiaoyi

Huang Xiaochao

Jiang Guanwen

Naomen Eerdeni

Meng Hu

• Tong HuiDirector
• Liu YanchuanScreenplay

Release date

April 4, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Chinese

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Action, History, Mystery