Jackie Chan reunites with Police Story 2013 director Ding Sheng for the rousing period action comedy Railroad Tigers. Set in 1941 during the Japanese invasion of China, the film follows a humble group of freedom fighters who take on a big mission. Jackie Chan is joined in action by a younger generation of stars, including his son, Jaycee Chan ( Monk Comes Down the Mountain), television star Wang Kai ( Nirvana in Fire), Our Times breakout actor Darren Wang & former EXO member Huang Zitao ( You Are my Sunshine). Award-winning veteran actress Xu Fan ( Aftershock), Japanese actor Ikeuchi Hiroyuki ( Ip Man) & Zhang Lanxin (CZ12) also co-star in Railroad Tigers, while Andy Lau makes a cameo appearance.
Railroad worker Ma Yuan (Jackie Chan) moonlights as a resistance fighter with his fellow bumbling workers including Da Hai (Huang Zitao) & Rui Ge (Jaycee Chan). The wily small-time group mainly uses their knowledge of the railway to ambush traveling Japanese troops & steal provisions, earning them the moniker of "e; Railroad Tigers."e; One day, Ma Yuan rescues a young Chinese guerilla soldier (Darren Wang) on an important mission. After the soldier meets an untimely end, Ma Yuan decides to himself carry out the mission of destroying a local railroad bridge. To do so, Ma Yuan, his buddies & their new recruit, sniper Fan Chuan (Wang Kai), will need to put everything on the line to steal explosives from the Japanese garrison & detonate the bridge before the enemy reinforcements arrive.