Railroad Tigers is a 2016 Chinese action comedy film directed by Ding Sheng and starring Jackie Chan.It was released in China on December 23,2016.It is about a railroad worker who leads a team of freedom fighters to oppose the Japanese during the occupation in World War 2.


Plot
In Decmber 1941,Japan expands the occupation of its neighbouring countries to Southeast Asia.The railway from Tianjin to Nanjing in East China became a key military transportation route,heavily guarded by Japanese soldiers.Railroad worker Ma Yuan [Jackie Chan] leads a team of freedom fighters.Using his deep knowledge of the train network,he and his men sabotage it,ambushing Japanese soldiers and stealing Chinese.Although the freedom fighters have no weapons of their own,they employ whatever tools are not hand,including shovels,loose railway track planks and diverted trains.The local Chinese call the unlikely heroes the ''Railroad Tigers''.
The freedom fighters find themselves on the wrong side of the tracks when the Japanese send reinforcements to Shandong.In an act of defiance,Ma Yuan launches his most dangerous mission yet,blowing up a heavily guarded railroad bridge.When the Japanese learn of the crippling plan,which will derail the war effort,the stakes are raised even higher.


Cast
Jackie Chan as Ma Yuan
Huang Zitao as Da Hai
Wang Kai as Fan Chuan
Darren Wong as Da Guo
Sang Ping
Alan Wu
Yu Fan
Jaycee Chan
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Zhang Lanxin as Yuko
Andy Lau as school teacher [cameo]

Production
The budget of the film was us$50 million.The film had railway sequences shot Diabingshan using a steam trains

Release
On September 1,2016.Well Go Entertaiment announced the acquisition of Railroad Tigers for distribution in English Language territories,including North America,the United Kingdom,Australia and New Zealand.The film is scheduled to open in December to coincide with its release in China.