Chinese films based on real events resonate with audiences

3. Operation Mekong

Director: Dante Lam

Cast: Zhang Hanyu, Eddie Peng

Year of release: 2016

Douban points: 8.0

Inspired by the true story known as the Mekong Massacre, the film centers on a Chinese government who immediately sends a band of elite narcotics officers led by Captain Gao Gang to the Golden Triangle, one of the largest drug manufacturing regions in the world, to uncover the truth behind the murders of Chinese businessmen.