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Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault

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'Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault' (Mandarin: ) is a 2012 Taiwanese action thriller film directed by Tsai Yueh-hsun. It is a prequel to and based on the television series 'Black & White' (2009).

The film stars Mark Chao as Wu Ying Xiong, reprising his role from the television series, with Huang Bo and Angelababy also starring.

'Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault' was released on January 13, 2012. A sequel, 'Black & White: The Dawn of Justice', was released in 2014.

Premise



A brave policeman and a paranoid gangster are forced to team up for 36 hours to resolve a major crisis that could destroy their beloved Harbor City.

Cast



*Mark Chao as Wu Ying Xiong

*Huang Bo as Xu Da-Fu

*Angelababy as Fan Ning

*Terri Kwan as Tu Hsiao-ching

*Leon Dai as Jabar

*Alex To as SIS Captain Ou

*Jack Kao as Yuan

*Ken Lin as Tung

*Dean Fujioka as Li Che-yong

*Dino Acconci

*Julio Acconci

*Lin Yu-chih as Bao

*Fox Hsu as Er Bao

*Hsiu Chieh-kai

*George Wu as Jack

*Matt Wu

*Hsia Ching-ting

*Jason Tsou

*Chien Te-men

*Janine Chang as Lan Hsi-ying (voice)

Reception



The film earned NT$37.6 million at the Taipei box office and 89.5 million at the Chinese mainland box office.

On Film Business Asia, Derek Elley gave the film a grade of 3 out of 10 and said: "Taiwan's first action blockbuster is a fiasco, redeemed only by Mainland comic Huang Bo." Taipei Times complemented its action scenes, but criticized its characters and plot lines.

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