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...
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The Deadline was released on April 4, 2025.
The Deadline was directed by Tong Hui.
The Deadline has a runtime of 1h 31m.
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...
The key characters in The Deadline are Li Mu (Luo Liqun), Zhu Ling'er (Liu Guanqi), Qin Xiaoyi (Shan Mingkai).
The Deadline is an Action, History, Mystery film.