In China, an action hero beats box office records
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CHINA'S new favourite action hero single-handedly routs pirates off the African coast in undersea combat. He wakes up fit to fight after nearly dying from a flesh-eating plague. He wields guns galore, poison arrows and a tank to wipe out the mercenaries led by the villainous Big Daddy, a swaggering, sneering US soldier of fortune.
But in the end, what saves the hero of Wolf Warrior 2, China's most popular movie ever, is a Chinese flag wrapped around his arm.
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