The Message
2009 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 4,354 VOTES · DIR. Gao Qunshu, Kuo-Fu Chen
Overview
After a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,193 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:20 CHINA, DURING THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR
00:07:07 Go.
00:11:36 that he's getting his information
00:18:00 if you would.
00:21:04 There are 18 characters in total
00:24:48 Whichever one of you it is
00:30:25 You too?
00:34:00 I've never heard anything about any Phantom.
00:36:14 When I handed the telegraph to Chief Jin
00:39:21 Once a bitch...
00:41:44 and nobody does anything?
00:50:43 Please wait here.
00:54:13 A unit like Counterinsurgency, can't allow for any uncertainty.
00:58:43 Chief Jin is a master calligrapher…
01:03:40 I am not a whore.
01:06:44 Lieutenant Bai was very close to the Commander
01:10:30 No one else should have to die so you can live!
01:15:06 Both you and the Chief Captain.
01:22:38 Magnum! Where is Magnum?
01:29:36 We meet at last.
01:33:51 The board in front of the City Temple
01:38:19 You know I've…
01:45:14 …to reach out to our comrades...
01:49:02 with a few changes in the tune and lyrics
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,193
Dialogue density10.1 lines / min
First line00:01:20
Final line01:49:02
Production Record
DirectorGao Qunshu, Kuo-Fu Chen
LanguageChinese
Revenue$35,450,000
IMDb votes4,354