The Chinese government launches a daring operation to arrest a violent drug cartel following the discovery of thirteen Chinese crew members' bodies on two ships sailing through the Mekong River.
Operation Mekong is a 2016 crime action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Hanyu and Eddie Peng. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is based on the 2011 Mekong River massacre. It was released in China on 30 September 2016 and became one of the highest-grossing films in China.