Donnie Yen & Cecilia Han in Snowstorm Thriller ‘Polar Rescue’ Trailer

Donnie Yen & Cecilia Han in Snowstorm Thriller ‘Polar Rescue’ Trailer

by Alex Billington
February 12, 2024
Source: YouTube

“Give my boy back!” Well Go USA has set a VOD / DVD release date for this Chinese survival thriller. Polar Rescue is finally getting a US release this March after originally debuting in China back in late 2022. It also goes under the title Come Back Home, which is a bit more emotional and less direct than the bland “Polar Rescue” that it is now. After a young boy gets lost during a bitter snowstorm, his frantic parents (starring both Donnie Yen and Cecilia Han) seek help from the local police, who are soon faced with a desperate race against the clock as hours tick by with no sign of the child anywhere. Donnie Yen stars as the father, De, who decides to go out in this dangerous cold and snow his own to find him. The cast also includes Jia Bing as Qian Jun and Xu Tang as Xiao Jiang. This looks like some seriously entertaining snowy survival chaos, with avalanches and bears and rivers and broken ice and so much more. Not just a simple story, this an epic survival thriller! Reminds me of the old days of Cliffhanger bonkers kind of movies. Check this out.

Here’s the official US trailer (+ two posters) for Lo Chi Leung’s Polar Rescue, direct from YouTube:

A young boy, Lele, goes missing in the Changbai mountains during a bitter snowstorm after an argument with this father. Approaching the vital 48 hour mark and with no sign of Lele, his father (Donnie Yen) takes it upon himself to brave an upcoming avalanche to save his son. Celebrate action star Donnie Yen as he reminds us why he’s not only one of our best fighters, but also one of our best actors. Polar Rescue, also known under the title Come Back Home or Polar Rescue & Search (or 搜救), is written and directed by Chinese filmmaker Lo Chi Leung (aka Chi-Leung Law), director of many films including Double Tap, Inner Senses, Koma, Bug Me Not, Kidnap, Curse of the Deserted, The Bullet Vanishes, and The Vanished Murderer previously. Produced by Hoi-Fung Wong and Donnie Yen. This initially opened in China and other Asian countries back in late 2022, but hasn’t shown up elsewhere until now. Well Go USA will debut Polar Rescue direct-to-VOD / Blu-ray in the US starting March 26th, 2024 next month. Look any good?

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