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Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan join forces for Ex-Baghdad

May 13, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Action icons Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan are teaming up for the action thriller Ex-Baghdad, an $80 million budgeted Chinese production, which is being directed by Scott Waugh (Need for Speed).

The official synopsis for Ex-Baghdad reads: “When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor (Chan) is called in to extract the oil workers. He learns, however, that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, and teams up with an American former Marine (Stallone) to stop them.”

Stallone can currently be seen in theaters as Stakar in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, while Chan has recently completed filming on Journey to China: The Mystery of the Iron Mask, which saw him appearing alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Originally published May 13, 2017. Updated March 2, 2020.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ex-Baghdad, Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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