Miami Vice set for China release as "Red October" ends

Chinese cinemas will start showing Hollywood blockbuster "Miami Vice" on Wednesday after its release has been delayed by a month-long national campaign to promote domestic films celebrating China's revolutionary history during "Red October".

Miami Vice, starring Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx and Chinese actress Gong Li, will be closely followed by the debut of Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center", on November 10, making it China's last imported movie of 2006.

Having previously starred in two Hollywood movies, "China Box" and "Memoirs of a Geisha", Gong Li regarded "Miami Vice" as her first real Hollywood movie as the last two were mostly made by Asian film makers.

"Miami Vice was a true Hollywood production and it opened up my eyes to American film making and the country's film industry," Gong told Beijing Youth Daily.

In the film, Gong Li plays Isabella, the sultry wife of a Latin American drugs baron and arms lord, who embarks on a romance with a cop, played by Colin Farrell.

"Isabella loves adventure," Gong said, "and I love adventure too. She has this power and strength, which the director thinks I have too."

Gong Li also stars alongside Chow Yun-fat and Taiwanese pop sensation Jay Chou in "Curse of the Golden Flower" which will be showing in Chinese cinemas on December 14. The film is said to revolve around Chinese imperial politics.

Source: Xinhua