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Scare Out (2026)

Runtime: 104 min
Release date: 17/02/2026
Production countries: China
Production companies: 大麦娱乐, 中中（北京）影业有限公司, 北京黎枫文化发展有限公司, China Film Group Corporation, 上海中中影业有限公司
Overview
After a critical intelligence leak, a national security unit launches an intensive investigation. But successive setbacks in their arrest operations reveal a shocking truth: the trail leads back to within the unit itself. Amidst a storm of trust and betrayal, a silent battle begins to unfold...
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Zhang Yimou
Director
Cast
Jackson Yee profile photo
Jackson Yee
as Yan Di
Zhu Yilong profile photo
Zhu Yilong
as Huang Kai
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Song Jia
as Zhao Hong
Lei Jiayin profile photo
Lei Jiayin
as Li Nan
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Yang Mi
as Bai Fan
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UK & IE Official Trailer [Subtitled]

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Duration: 01:07
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Reviews
Author: Geronimo1967
The Chinese are usually quite good at these quickly-paced, high-tech, espionage thrillers but this one is really a bit of a mess. After a fairly sophisticated surveillance and pursuit operation captures “Nathan” (Nathaniel Boyd) but sees investigator “Yan Di” (Jackson Yee) take a crossbow arrow to his shoulder, they head back to their office to discover that the bosses think there is a mole in their operation. A new boss is drafted in and she (Jai Song) and their overall director are convinced that the spy is either the now bandaged up “Yan Di” or his long-time colleague “Huang Ki” (Yilong Zhu). What’s more, they know that they are the suspects. Meantime, “Yan Di” is having some marital difficulties with his pregnant wife. She thinks he is having an affair and we know that he is having clandestine meetings with “Bai Fan” (Mi Yang) but not for sex. What’s going on, then? Well that’s really the problem here. After about half an hour I wondered if this was a sequel and I’d missed a first film that established the characters, their jobs and the modus operandi of the criminals whom, I guess, were after state secrets. It doesn’t hang about, but without really establishing much by way of characterisation or plot, it falls back all too often onto the whizzy visual effects that, as a Brit, make me totally convinced that we ought never to allow the Chinese state to build a mega embassy anywhere near Britain, much less a couple of hundred yards from the heart of our trillion quid financial services sector. The levels of surveillance, data manipulation, clothes tagging and just general monitoring is staggering and though I appreciate this purports to be a work of fiction it ought also be a fairly clear warning of the capabilities of a government that has laws for just about everything. To be fair, though, it also reminded my just how much cleaner their public toilets are. I didn’t not enjoy it, and the denouement did hint at a “Scare Out II” in due course, but this needed to focus way more on a cohesive plot and characters and much less on lots of tagged on-screen green boxes and drone footage of shopping malls. Disappointing, sorry.The Chinese are usually quite good at these quickly-paced, high-tech, espionage thrillers but this one is really a bit of a mess. After a fairly sophisticated surveillance and pursuit operation captures “Nathan” (Nathaniel Boyd) but sees investigator “Yan Di” (Jackson Yee) take a crossbow arrow to his shoulder, they head back to their office to discover that the bosses think there is a mole in their operation. A new boss is drafted in and she (Jai Song) and their overall director are convinced that the spy is either the now bandaged up “Yan Di” or his long-time colleague “Huang Ki” (Yilong Zhu). What’s more, they know that they are the suspects. Meantime, “Yan Di” is having some marital difficulties with his pregnant wife. She thinks he is having an affair and we know that he is having
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Source: https://www.benzinga.com

TGE's Film"Scare Out" Exceeds US$120 Million at the Box Office in just 7 Days

PARIS, NEW YORK and LONDON, Feb. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AMTD Group Inc. ("AMTD Group"), AMTD IDEA Group (NYSE:AMTD, SGX: HKB)), AMTD Digital Inc. (NYSE:HKD) and The Generation Essentials Group (", TGE", , NYSE:TGE, LSE: TGE), a subsidiary of AMTD Digital Inc., jointly announce that"Scare Out" (the"Movie"), the first ever national‐security film co‐produced by TGE, captured a significant share of the box office during the Chinese New Year window. Featuring an all‐star cast including Jackson Yee, Yilong Zhu, Jia Song, Jiayin Lei, Mi Yang, Yi Zhang, Cecilia Liu, and Yaowen Liu, the Movie achieved box office inflows of over US$120 million within just its first seven days of release. The Movie has also generated substantial traction on social media. Across major platforms, promotional content related to the Movie has attracted approximately 10.35 billion views, with daily increases of over 550 million views. On Douyin alone, the Movie's hashtag has reached 5.32 billion views."Scare Out" represents a major success for TGE's movie segment. Looking ahead to the second half of 2026 and into 2027, TGE‐produced films such as"Raging Havoc" and"Dog Day Evening" are scheduled for release. Both projects feature strong casts:"Raging Havoc" stars Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, and Ci Sha, while"Dog Day Evening" features Michael Ning, Fish Liew, and Rachel Leung. TGE serves as a lead production company on both titles, with Dr. Calvin Choi, ...Full story available on Benzinga.com