Wild Trailer for the Chinese Cryptography Thriller DECODED Which Stars John Cusack
Here’s the trailer for a cryptography thriller film from China titled Decoded, and this looks like a wild movie! The film comes from CMC Pictures, the Chinese studio behind The Meg shark action franchise.
John Cusack is one of the stars of the film, but he is not shown in the trailer that was released. Instead, it focuses on the main character, Rong Jinzhen, who is played by Liu Haoran. He’s an autistic young man with an exceptional talent for mathematics.
The movie is set in the 1940s, and it chronicles the journey of Jinzhen, who has an “uncanny ability to untangle complex mathematical knots, showcased through a challenge set by his professor (Cusack), doesn’t go unnoticed. He is forced to give up his academic studies and is recruited as a codebreaker and spy.”
The movie was directed by Chen Sicheng, and he shot the film entirely on Imax-certified cameras, Chen has “given the film a kinetic and swirling look and a narrative that jerks between 1944 and 1964, which Chinese preview audiences have compared to the works of Christopher Nolan.”
The movie is an adaptation of the the novel written by the Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novelist Mai Jia.
Chen said in a statement that he was interested in exploring how individual destinies are shaped by the era they live in. He said the film “portrays life as a unique cipher, awaiting decryption.”
He continued: “We used a relatively limited financial budget to attempt to make something that is not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters in terms of the audio-visual experience and in every other aspect. We want to break the rule that such big movies can only be made by Hollywood.”
Watch the trailer below and let us know what you think!