rebel group. Zaka backstabs the rebels, and in the chaos the Chinese operatives manage to corner Sayyid, who commits suicide. Jiaolong retrieves the dirty bomb recipe and captures the cargo plane carrying the yellowcake. Back on board the Chinese fleet, the fallen soldiers are honored for their courage under fire. Before the end credits, 5 Chinese naval vessels intercept 3 US Navy ships warning them they have entered Chinese waters and must leave immediately. Cast Zhang Yi as Yang Rui, team leader Huang Jingyu as Gu Shun, replacement sniper Hai Qing as Xia Nan, Chinese-French journalist Du Jiang as Xu Hong, deputy team leader, demolitions specialist Jiang Luxia as Tong Li, squad machine gunner and only female member Wang Yutian as Zhang Tiande ("Rocky"), squad machinegunner Yin Fang as Li Dong, spotter Henry Prince Mak as Zhuang Yu, squad signaller Guo Jiahao as Lu Chen, squad medic Huang Fenfen as Deng Mei a Greenville Energy corporation employee and hostage Michelle Bai as an energy corporation employee and hostage Zhang Hanyu as Gao Yun, fleet commander (special appearance) Jacky Cai as a PLA drone pilot Wang Qiang as Zhao Haiqiang, fleet commissar of the Chinese ship Linyi Simon Yam as Albert a Chief Editor of a local Moroccan newspaper and Xia Nan's boss Wang Yanlin as Luo Xing, the primary Jiaolong team sniper Sanâa Alaoui as Ena, a local Arabic village girl who helps the Jiaolong team Khalid Benchagra as Dr William Parsons, the corrupted head of the Greenville Energy Corporation Ayoub Layoussifi as Abu, Xia Nan's Arabic friend and co-worker Hassane Guannouni as Sayyid, The leader of the Zaka extremist group Mezouari Houssam as Taha, a young but deadly Arabic sniper in the Zaka extremist group Production Principal photography began in mid February 2017 in Morocco and employed 400 Moroccans and 300 Chinese as part of the technical crew group. Music Elliot Leung composed the score to Operation Red Sea, and a digital album consisting of 22 tracks was released two weeks prior to the Chinese premiere on 2 February. A limited edition, autographed by both Elliot Leung and Dante Lam was given out only to those who were invited to the film premiere. Reception Box office Operation Red Sea opened in fourth taking US$76.6 million and climbed to second in its second week, finally reached the top in its third week, taking US$144.2 million for US$498 million after 17