CELESTIAL MOVIES, AUGUST 2018 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

THIS August, Operation Red Sea is premiering as the first and exclusive on Celestial Movies (Astro Channel 322) on 12th August 2018 (Sunday) at 9pm!

CELESTIAL SUNDAY

Every Sun @ 9PM

Catch the biggest stars from the biggest blockbusters every Sunday @ 9PM!

Bio Raiders

Premieres: Sun, 5 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Chin Siu-Ho, Richard Ng, Billy Lau, Zhen Huxiang

Famed doctor Mo Tian Shi (Richard Ng) concocts an immortality medicine to save his terminally ill daughter Xiao Xin, but the cost for immortality is that she must drink human blood. Twenty years later, Mo's apprentice Li Yao Shi (Chin Siu Ho) returns to town and notices something is amiss, only to realise the horror is just about to begin…

Operation Red Sea

Premieres: Sun, 12 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing

The second highest-grossing film in China of all-time! When a terrorist plots to obtain nuclear materials which is hidden under the cover of a violent coup, only the Chinese Navy’s elite Jiaolong Assault Team have the deadly skill and precision needed to take on the situation.

Namiya

Premieres: Sun, 19 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Dilraba Dilmurat, Karry Wang, Hao Lei, Jackie Chan

Namiya is a Chinese adaptation of the novel, Miracles Of The Namiya General Store, by best-selling author, Keigo Higashino. When three runaways shack up in an abandoned general store, a supernatural correspondence connects them to many lives that were all touched by the owner of the store years before they were born.

Detective Chinatown 2

Premieres: Sun, 26 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran

When the case of New York Chinatown godfather Uncle Qi's missing son turns into a murder investigation, the detective duo Tang (Wang Baoqiang) and Qin (Liu Haoran) team up again to hunt down the killer - this time with some help from the International Detective Alliance.

THE SPECIAL DUTIES UNIT

Every Thu (SD) / Fri (HD) @ 9PM

The missions seem impossible… The enemies are terrible… It is up to Celestial Movies’ Special Duties Units to take on the threats in five movies every Thursday/ Friday! Catch all the explosive action heart-pounding fight scenes and fast-paced chases, only on CELESTIAL MOVIES!

Extraordinary Mission

Airs: Thu, 2 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Huang Xuan, Duan Yihong

An undercover police officer attempts to take down a drug trafficking syndicate called the Twin Eagles from the inside. But his operation starts to spiral out of control when he slowly becomes an addict while trying to gain the leader's trust.

Operation Mekong

Airs: Thu, 9 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Zhang Hanyu, Eddie Pang

After it is discovered that the drugs seized on the Chinese ships had been planted by the henchman of a notorious drug cartel leader named Naw Khar, the governments of Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China launch a joint task force to apprehend the criminal by sending a band of elite narcotics officers to the Golden Triangle to uncover the truth.

Special Female Force

Airs: Thu, 16 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Eliza Sam, Jeana Ho, Joyce Cheng

After her mother was killed in a mission twenty years ago in Thailand, Fa (Eliza Sam) decides to join the police academy in Hong Kong were she meets 5 new friends. Failing to graduate, the six women are given the opportunity to join a formerly disbanded all-female elite force to hunt down terrorist Gu Zhi Jin, the man who killed Fa's mother. The group of female agents led by a friend of Fa's mother goes undercover in Malaysia in this action-comedy.

The Wrath of Vajra

Airs: Thu, 23 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Shi Yan Neng, Yoo Seung Jun, Nam Hyun Joon

Former Shaolin monk and martial arts action star Xing Yu plays Vajra, a child kidnapped and trained as an assassin during WWII by the Japanese. Several years later, Vajra escapes to China and joins Shaolin, where he receives spiritual enlightenment and becomes determined to support China against Japan.

Wolf Warrior II

Airs: Thu, 30 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Wu Jing, Celina Jade, Frank Grillo

The Highest-Grossing Film in China of All-Time! In this action-packed sequel to the 2015 blockbuster hit, China’s deadliest Special Forces operative, Leng Feng, returns into action when he crosses paths with a sadistic band of mercenaries terrorizing innocent civilians.

NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL

Fri, 31 Aug @ 9PM

Bleeding Steel (for SD)

Airs: Fri, 31 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Jackie Chan, Show Lo, Ouyang Nana, Callan Mulvey

Jackie Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they met in a different life...

Wolf Warrior II (for HD)

Airs: Fri, 31 Aug @ 9PM

Cast: Wu Jing, Celina Jade, Frank Grillo

[CREDIT: Celestial Movies]