Hidden Strike (also known as Project X-Traction in some markets) is a 2023 action-adventure film directed and edited by Scott Waugh and written by Arash Amel. The film stars Jackie Chan, John Cena, Ma Chunrui, and Pilou Asbæk.
Hidden Strike was released on 6 July 2023 in the United Arab Emirates and then it was released on 28 July 2023 in the United States and internationally via Netflix. It received negative reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office, grossing $981,505 against a budget of $80 million from a limited theatrical release. However, the film became the most viewed on Netflix worldwide in its launch weekend, charting as the number 1 movie in the U.S. and 53 other countries, and was the sixth most watched movie globally on Netflix in 2023.
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An oil refinery in Iraq owned by Chinese firm Unicorp is frequently attacked by mercenaries led by Owen Paddock, an ex-special forces soldier, leading to its closure. "Dragon" Luo Feng leads his private security company in evacuating the civilian employees, including chief engineer Professor Chang, her son, and Feng's estranged daughter Mei, in a convoy consisting of eleven buses along the Highway of Death to the safety of the Green Zone.
Meanwhile, needing money to fix a well in a rural village, former US Marine Chris Van Horne reluctantly joins his mercenary brother, Henry in attacking the convoy for Owen, in the belief they are tracking down a man responsible for attacking them years earlier. The mercenaries create a massive sandstorm by using a truck with a jet engine to cover their attack, in which they board and take two of the buses. After Feng's team clears the sandstorm, Feng discovers the buses missing. Tracking them down, he finds most of the evacuees safe but discovers five are missing, including Professor Chang and her son, who have been kidnapped by Owen.
