Chinese action comedy film "Ride On" hits North American big screen

Poster of Chinese action comedy film "Ride On." (Credit: Well Go USA)

Directed by Larry Yang, "Ride On" stars Chinese Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan as a washed-up stuntman battling debt collectors over ownership of his stunt horse.

LOS ANGELES, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese action comedy film "Ride On" opened Friday in a limited theatrical release in North America.

The film is being released by Well Go USA Entertainment in Mandarin with English subtitles in nearly 50 selected theaters in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Honolulu, Chicago, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and a few other North American cities with a large overseas Chinese population.

Directed by Larry Yang, "Ride On" stars Chinese Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan as a washed-up stuntman battling debt collectors over ownership of his stunt horse. The film also stars Liu Haocun, Kevin Guo, and Wu Jing, among others.

The film has grossed over 27.5 million yuan (about 4 million U.S. dollars) after being released in Chinese mainland on Friday, according to the box office data compiled by Maoyan, a Chinese movie-ticketing and film data platform.

"Ride On" currently boasts a rating of 9.2 points out of 10 on the Maoyan platform from over 12,000 viewers.  ■