Diamond Dogs (film)

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.

Diamond Dogs
Film poster
Directed bySamuel Dolhasca
Dolph Lundgren (uncredited)
Produced byShimon Dotan
Louis Liu
Written byLéopold St-Pierre
Frank Valdez
StarringDolph Lundgren
Yu Nan
Xue Zuren
William Shriver
Raicho Vasilev
Zhang Chunnian
Music byLarry Cohen
CinematographyXiaobing Rao
Edited byGaétan Huot
Production
company
Golden Ocean Entertainment
Moonstone Entertainment
Distributed byMoonstone Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date
  • August 31, 2007 (2007-08-31) (Germany)
  • December 14, 2007 (2007-12-14) (China)
  • July 2008 (2008-07) (Canada)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
China
LanguageEnglish
Mandarin

Plot

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.

Cast

Production

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.

Release

The film came out as a direct to DVD release. The DVD release dates are as follows:

  • Germany - 31 August 2007
  • China - 14 December 2007
  • Brazil - 17 January 2008
  • USA - 29 April 2008


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