Original Cast, Reunite after 10 Years. A film originally shot as the official spoof comedy for The Graver Robbers’ Chronicles series, got some scenes reshot to add in and changed the film as the movie version of iPartment series.
During the economic reform period of the 80’s, three undergraduates bind together by a common ambition – to live the American dream. They are Cheng Dongqing, a hillbilly who refuses to accept his destiny of being a farmer; Meng Xiaojun, a self-confident, cynical intellectual; and Wang Yang, an idealistic romantic poet. Xiaojun is the first to obtain an US Visa for studying abroad. Yang follows but decides to remain in China for his beloved. Poor Dongqing is rejected by the US Embassy repeatedly. Baffled, he reluctantly accepts the job as an English instructor in the university but eventually gets fired for teaching tutorial classes in private. Across the Pacific, Xiaojun fails to find a decent job and is driven to work as a busboy in a diner.
July 1937. The Chinese people are suffering under the hands of advancing Japanese troops, bent on the intimidation of civilians, destruction of property and widespread panic. To combat this threat a small regiment is sent to investigate the Japanese forces and discover a huge warehouse full of supplies. Choosing to strike while the iron is hot they undertake a dangerous solo mission. But will this night raid break them or make them?
