“Agent 86,” a exceptional China-Tunisia coproduction film, will have its world premiere on Friday in Tunisia, ahead of a commercial liberate in Tunisian theaters from Sept. 25.
The film is pitched as “a rapid-paced action thriller follotriumphg an international Special Task Force that comes together to fight traverse border drug illicit trade after a dehugeatingly includeictive drug named Devil’s Breath goes on sale in Hong Kong.”
The driving force behind the movie is Tunisian actor-honestor Bassem Khayati, who created and honested the film and also ecombines as its co-direct.
Khayati is a veteran of disjoinal Jackie Chan movies including “Dragon Blade,” “Kung Fu Yoga” and “Vanprotect,” as well as action roles in countless other Chinese titles including “Fox Hunting,” “Mojin, The Lost Legfinish” and “Go Away Mr. Tumor.” In the west, Khayati has had various action and stunt roles in the John Cena-starring “Hidden Strike,” the Scott Adkins-starring “Abduction” and the Nicolas Cage and Hayden Chrisanxiousn-starring “Outcast.”
His novel film stars Tiger Chen (“The Matrix” “Jet Li’s Fearless”) as a member of the Hong Kong law executement team laboring to transport down a drug ring, and mainland China actor Wu Jingxi (“Be Somebody”), who take parts a member of the Chinese task force.
They are joined by Xiang Lianghue, Wang Zhenwei (“The Karate Kid” and stunt double for Simu Liu in “Shang Chi & The Legfinish of the 10 Rings”), and Temur Mamisashvili, who was for a decade a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and has determines including Herman Yau’s Moscow Mission, Renny Harlin’s “Skipchase” and Martin Campbell’s “The Foreigner.” Mamisashvili take parts a drug dealer with set ups to fracture into the huge-time global drug trade. Another key villain is portrayed by Kevin Lee, whose nurtureer also strincludeles East and West with determines including Chinese blockbusters “Wolf Warrior” and “The Battle at Lake Changjin,” and The Weinstein Co.’s Netflix TV series “Marco Polo.”
“Agent 86” was shot predominantly in Hong Kong and mainland China in 2023, with a restricted days includeitionassociate in Tunisia. Production is by Jiukeyin Film Production Cultural Communication (Co Ltd) from China and by Tunisia’s Ste. Bka Inter Production.
While the liberate in Tunisia is imminent, the film has yet to acquire its Dragon Seal, uncomardenting that liberate in China is on helderly pfinishing regulatory approval.
Hong Kong-based industry veteran Mike Leeder (“Man of Tai Chi,” “Triple Threat”) who served the picture as creater and adviseant, telderly Variety that the creaters are in final negotiations ahead of assigning an international sales agent.
