Summary
Commissioned to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire, cartographer Jonathan Green sets off on a long journey of unbelievable adventures-making breath-taking discoveries and meeting mysterious creatures, Chinese princesses, deadly masters of oriental martial arts, and even the King of Dragons.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+12)
Critics 28Audiences 40GoodWatch 36
Metascore34
Tomatometer21%
IMDb4.8
User score4.4
Letterboxd · 8 K ratings2.1/5
Audience score25%
Box office
18%of its budget back
- Budget
- $49 M
- Worldwide
- $9 M
Worldwide it made back $9 M of the $49 M it cost.
Running time
2 h 1 min
A typical length for action movies, +13 min on the typical 108
typical 108121Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 42 countries, rent or buy in 16 more
+32Released
2019
August 16, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
ActionAdventureFamilyFantasyLanguage
Russian
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishChineseMade in
China
Russia
Cyprus- Czechia
Rated
- PG-13United States
Yes: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismNot listed for kids.
and 40 more44 people
- Jason FlemyngJonathan Green
- Yao XingtongChen Lan
- Anna ChurinaMiss Dudley
- Ma LiWitch
- Jackie ChanMaster
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerJames Hook
- Yuri KolokolnikovPeter The Great
- Martin KlebbaCaptain
Lance LuuLiu Brother Zhonghao
Li MengmengLi Hong
Charles DanceLord Dudley
Rutger HauerEnglish Ambassador
Li YuThe Treasurer
Mark LuuLiu Brother Zhongyi
Charles LuuLiu Brother Zhongzhe
Christopher FairbankGrey
Pavel VolyaMenshikov
Andrey MerzlikinHead of Menshikov's Guard
Kseniya PetrukhinaElizabeth Chiles
Vilen BabichevThugs Leader
Mikhail MukhinThug
Evgeniya ShipovaGirl in the Refectory
Igor KorovinBoyar
Aleksandr TsyomaForeign Ambassador
Directing · 1
- Oleg Stepchenko Director, Screenplay
Writing · 3
- Alexey A. Petrukhin Screenplay, Producer
- Nikolai Gogol Characters
- Dmitriy Paltsev Story Editor
Production · 5
- Marina Bespalov Executive Producer
- Jackie Chan Producer
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Producer
- Sergei Selyanov Producer
- Gleb Fetisov Producer
Camera · 3
- Ng Man-Ching Director of Photography
- Ivan Gudkov Director of Photography
- Denis Panov Additional Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Petr Zelenov Editor
Sound · 1
- Alexandra Magakyan Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Arthur Mirzoyan Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Gulya Beyshenova Costume Design
Visual Effects · 4
- Alexey Gusev Visual Effects Producer
- Artur Abidnov VFX Supervisor
- Nikolay Goryaev VFX Supervisor
- Mariya Zaykovskaya Visual Effects Producer
Other crew · 7
- Yury Sysoev Stunt Coordinator
- He Jun Stunt Coordinator
- Aleksandr Solovyov Stunt Coordinator
- Jiří Kuba Stunt Coordinator
- Bin Liao Stunt Coordinator
- Zhenwei Wang Stunts
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