
Desert Dawn(2025)
A newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.



Xie Miao
Guo Deyou

Yi Yunhe
Li Daleng

Zhang Xintong
Liu Fang

Lin Fengye
Ding Mao

Wang Yunfan
Lian Huaqing

Shang Tielong
Old Man in Grey

Wang Shuangbao
Wu Laoxian

Shi Chenwei
Bai Sihu

Liu Yuhang
Rogue

Li Gao Ji
Song Wu
River God Water Strange Story is a action, mystery, fantasy, crime film released in 2023. Directed by Liu Xuandi, it stars Xie Miao, Yi Yunhe, Zhang Xintong. A policeman, while working with the river salvage team, stumbles upon a perplexing murder case involving a victim whose body has been discarded in the river.
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