Midnight Beating

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Field	Value
name	Midnight Beating
image	Midnight-beating-poster.jpg
native_name	{{Infobox Chinese/Chinese
s	午夜心跳
p	Wǔ Yè Xīn Tiào
j	Ng1 Je6 Sam1 Tiu3}}
director	Zhang Jiabei
producer	Lee Shui Hap
Ding Weimin
screenplay	Zhao Ben
story	Yu Chuanling
starring	Simon Yam
Francis Ng
Yang Yuyu
Li Nian
Yao Di
music	Yasuda Fumio
cinematography	Nakazawa Mayasuki
studio	Beijing Dadu Sunshine Film & TV Production
Sichuan Tenglong Film Company
distributor	China Film Group Corporation
China Film Group Digital Film Distribution
Fujian Hengye Film
released
country	China
language	Mandarin
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| name = Midnight Beating | image = Midnight-beating-poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none| t = 午夜心跳 | s = 午夜心跳 | p = Wǔ Yè Xīn Tiào | j = Ng1 Je6 Sam1 Tiu3}} | director = Zhang Jiabei | producer = Lee Shui Hap Ding Weimin | screenplay = Zhao Ben | story = Yu Chuanling | starring = Simon Yam Francis Ng Yang Yuyu Li Nian Yao Di | music = Yasuda Fumio | cinematography = Nakazawa Mayasuki | editing = | studio = Beijing Dadu Sunshine Film & TV Production Sichuan Tenglong Film Company | distributor = China Film Group Corporation China Film Group Digital Film Distribution Fujian Hengye Film | released = | runtime = | country = China | language = Mandarin | budget = | gross = Midnight Beating is a 2010 Chinese horror film directed by Zhang Jiabei and starring Hong Kong veteran actors Simon Yam and Francis Ng.

Plot

In the Haibei People's Hospital, Qinghai province, China, the present day on the night of a full moon, a patient is murdered by a syringe through her chest. This adds stress to the hospital's heart surgeon Gu Zhensheng who had recently lost his wife Xia Xue (Liu Yuxin) to an illness. Since his wife's death, Gu has been suffering from nightmares that has affected his work, and Xia Xue's younger sister, Nurse Xia Xiaoyu (Yang Yuyu) also is emotionally disturbed.

The Hospital's director Wen Miao (Li Nian) is due for an operation for a weak heart. She's the fiancée of Mai Xiangyu (Francis Ng) the hospital's psychologist. Nurse Wu can't forgive Mai for breaking up with her and threatens to show his fiancée old photos of them having sex. One night, Wu is murdered in the same way as the old female patient. Gu tells hospital director Wen that Mai has been acting strangely lately, and Mai also tells him the same thing about Gu.

Cast

• Simon Yam as Gu Zhensheng
• Francis Ng as Mai Changyu
• Yang Yuyu as Xia Xiaoyu
• Yao Di as Wu Xinyiao
• Li Nian as Wen Miao
• Liu Yuxin as Xia Xue
• Ba Duo as Master Hong
• Yang Shuting as Lin Xiang
• Li Zhaomin as Hospital director Wen
• Zhang Feng as Liu Dahua
• Zhao Yi as Tao Zhenyu

Release

Midnight Beating was released on December 24, 2010 in China. On its first week, Midnight Beating was the third highest-grossing film in China, being only beaten by If You Are the One 2 and Let the Bullets Fly. In total, the film grossed $4,731,045 in China.

Reception

Film Business Asia gave the film a five out of ten rating, who noted that the film is an "Okay hospital horror boasts good technique but is let down by a weak script."

References

References

1. Elley, Derek. (7 July 2011). "Midnight Beating (午夜心跳)". Film Business Asia.
2. "China Box Office". [[Box Office Mojo]].
3. "Midnight Beating". Box Office Mojo.

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