Scare Out is a Chinese movie which opens with a hi-tech action scene, as cops are following delivery guy, his package suspected to contain chemicals, and he may also be carrying something in his stomach…
But once they’re done, for cops Yan (Jackson Yee) and Huang (Yilong Zhu), bossy ladyboss Zhao (Jia Song) is about to blow their minds (and those of other colleagues) with the suspicion that there may just be a mole in the building, and the operation is called Scare Out…
Alas, that fast-paced opening scene then descends into fairly bog-standard interview/discussion scenes where the camera swings back and forth. It just can’t stay still, as if the cameraman has ‘restless leg’ syndrome.
With one of the pair having split from his girlfriend, and the other having a mistress, plus a third individual who’s been spilling some beans and wants extradition, Scare Out’s plot does get a bit muddled as some double-crossing goes on, and who you think is the potential mole then swings back around to someone else, so too much of the old switcheroo.
However, it’s cool when the drone camera is used, and it swings around like the camera in G-Police on the Playstation, back in the olden days of the late ’90s.
NOTE: There are no mid- nor post-credit scenes.
Scare Out is in cinemas now, but isn’t yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD. However, once announced, it will appear on the New DVD Blu-ray 3D and 4K releases UK list.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 105 minutes
Release date: February 13th 2026
Studio: Trinity CineAsia
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1 (Cinemascope)
Rating: 5/10
Director: Yimou Zhang
Screenplay: Liang Chen
Cast:
Yan Di: Jackson Yee
Huang Kai: Yilong Zhu
Zhao Hong: Jia Song
Li Nan: Jiayin Lei
Bai Fan: Mi Yang
Deputy Director Wang: Yi Zhang
Xiaoyu: Shishi Liu
Jian Hao: Yaowen Liu
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