China — “Striking Rescue: Nameless” Keeps Action Director Guo Yulong and Puts Ashton Chen Opposite Andy On
- A new film called “Striking Rescue: Nameless” is coming in the Striking Rescue franchise.
- Action director Guo Yulong and director Siyu Cheng are both returning from the first film.
- Martial artists Ashton Chen and Andy On lead a cast of all-new characters.
Posted: October 28, 2026
The useful detail here is continuity of crew rather than cast. “Striking Rescue: Nameless” keeps action director Guo Yulong and director Siyu Cheng from the 2024 original and throws out the characters, taking the anthology route “SPL II: A Time for Consequences” used — same action identity, new story. For a performer reading a breakdown, that means the fight department’s vocabulary carries over even though nothing else does, which is usually a better predictor of what the shoot will ask for than the logline is.
The two leads bring different physical backgrounds to the same frame. Ashton Chen came up as a child performer in the Shaolin Popey films, stepped away to finish his education, and returned through “Ip Man 2,” “Black Storm” and “The Drunken Prodigy.” Andy On’s résumé runs from “Black Mask 2: City of Masks” through “New Police Story,” “True Legend,” “The Viral Factor,” “Once Upon a Time in Shanghai” and “100 Yards” — two decades of Hong Kong and mainland action work. Liu Fengchao, Clara Lee, Gong Ruolan, Liang Dongyu and Wei Ziqian fill out the lineup. No plot details, no release date yet.
The wider point for stunt professionals is where this work now lives. Chinese web films on iQIYI and Hi-YAH! have become steady employment for fight-trained performers, usually on budgets well under theatrical, which puts pressure on prep days and crew size rather than on the choreography itself. The original “Striking Rescue” was a Tony Jaa revenge thriller; the franchise continuing without him is a sign the action department is the asset being renewed.
Learn more on IMDb: Striking Rescue (2024)
