Diamond Dogs | |
Director: | Samuel Dolhasca Dolph Lundgren (uncredited) |
Producer: | Shimon Dotan Louis Liu |
Starring: | Dolph Lundgren Yu Nan Xue Zuren William Shriver Raicho Vasilev Zhang Chunnian |
Music: | Larry Cohen |
Cinematography: | Xiaobing Rao |
Editing: | Gaétan Huot |
Studio: | Golden Ocean Entertainment Moonstone Entertainment |
Distributor: | Moonstone Entertainment Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
Runtime: | 94 minutes |
Country: | Canada China |
Language: | English Mandarin |
Diamond Dogs is a 2007 Canadian-Chinese (American) action film directed by Samuel Dolhasca and uncredited co-directed by Dolph Lundgren, who also starred in the film. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on April 29, 2008.
The story of Diamond Dogs concerns a group of American fortune hunters who hire a mercenary called Xander Ronson (Lundgren) to act as their guide and bodyguard, while they search for a priceless Buddhist artifact deep within the Chinese wilderness. They get more than they bargained for, however, as they come face to face with Russian mercenaries also after the artifact.
The film was set mostly in Inner Mongolia, from 19 September 2006 and 2 November 2006. The production faced difficult and unanticipated circumstances. Dolph Lundgren stepped up to direct the picture instead of co-producer Shimon Dotan after just a few days into filming.
The film came out as a direct to DVD release. The DVD release dates are as follows: