Zhang Yimou’s latest spy thriller, Scare Out, featuring Jackson Yee and Zhu Yilong, will arrive in theaters across the U.K. and Ireland on February 20, 2026, following Trinity CineAsia’s acquisition of the distribution rights.
Spy thriller “Scare Out” gets an early start with preview screenings on February 17, the same day it hits home platforms. It will then roll out in theaters across the U.K. and Ireland on February 20.
Trinity CineAsia will bring Zhang Yimou’s latest spy thriller“Scare Out” to audiences in the U.K. and Ireland after striking a deal with Damai Entertainment for regional distribution. Trinity CineAsia’s recent releases include Bi Gan’s Resurrection, the war epic Dongji Rescue, Jackie Chan’s “The Shadow’s Edge, “and the animated smash“Ne Zha 2”.
It stars major Chinese box office icons Jackson Yee (“Better Days,” “Full River Red”) and Zhu Yilong (“Only the River Flows”), together with Yang Mi (“She’s Got No Name”), Lei Jiayin (“A Writer’s Odyssey”), and Song Jia (“Her Story”). with cameo appearances by Zhang Yi, Liu Shishi, and Liu Yaowen.
The film centers on a National Security squad working urgently to track down spies who have leaked classified intelligence about China’s latest fighter jet technology. The undercover operation broadens beyond intelligence circles into civilian life as the pursuit escalates
Zhang has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, and Hero) and previously helmed period wuxia epics such as Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
Written by Chen Liang and produced by Damai Entertainment, Scare Out marks Zhang’s first step into contemporary national security drama.
Trinity CineAsia focuses on bringing Asian films to the U.K. market. Written by Chen Liang and produced by Damai Entertainment, Scare Out marks Zhang’s first venture into modern national security storytelling.
Cedric Behrel, managing director of Trinity CineAsia, shared “We are very excited to bring Zhang Yimou’s ‘Scare Out’ to U.K. and Ireland audiences — our first-ever release from this legendary director.”Zhang Yimou, the leading light of the so-called Fifth Generation directors, is responsible for so many filmgoers’ initiation into Chinese cinema, not least myself – having been mesmerised by ‘Raise the Red Lantern’ and ‘Ju Dou’ as a young boy, which deeply informed both my own sensibilities and Trinity’s foray into Chinese cinema. He predicted the film “will feel familiar to U.K. audiences and John le Carré fans, yet is unlike anything previously seen in Chinese cinema here.”
