Ma Li is a Chinese actress born in Liaoning Province on June 28, 1982. She debuted in 2003, and first rose to prominence in China when she appeared in the TV drama “20 Critical Days” (2005). She has since featured in a wide range of dramas, including “AA Lifestyle” (2012), “Lovers & Couples” (2015), and “Unbeatable You” (2019). She has also starred in a number of movie titles, debuting in “The Love Clinic” (2010), and going on to feature in “Goodbye Mr. Loser” (2015) and “Soccer Killer” (2017).

Ma Li (1982)

Milan (Ma Li) is a top-billing actress is facing trouble when the producer of her latest movie – Harvey (Chen Ming Hao) decides to halt filming on the project. The producer is also a gangland boss who believes he is being pursued by a ruthless hitman named Killer Karl. Milan hatches a plan: She will attempt to trick Mr. Harvey – by claiming to have found Killer Karl.

In order to pull off the scam, she needs a fall guy. And in the hapless extra and wannabe film star Wei Cheng Gong (Wei Xiang), she thinks she has hit the jackpot. Wei Cheng Gong is desperate to land a leading role in a film, and believes Milan when she tells him that he will be playing the role of Killer Karl in a “movie” – one that doesn’t have a script or even visible film-making equipment on the “set!” Wei Cheng Gong agrees, but soon discovers that he is in fact deep in the middle of a life-threatening conspiracy that only pretending to be someone he isn’t will foil! Can he develop the acting skills he will need to survive this dangerous debacle?

“Too Cool to Kill” is a 2022 Chinese movie that was directed by Xing Wen Xiong.

Too Cool to Kill

~*The Cool Killers*~

Wanda Media, Happy Mahua Pictures

Xia Luo (Shen Teng), a struggling musician, has exasperated his long-suffering wife Ma Dongmei (Ma Li). When he drunkenly professes his love for the woman he pined for during his high school years, Qiu Ya (Wang Zhi), Ma Dongmei has had enough and gives him a very vocal piece of her mind.

All hell breaks loose, but in the midst of the mayhem, Xia Luo blacks out and suddenly wakes up as his teenage self, back in school in 1997.

Realizing he has to re-live the past two decades, Xia Luo attempts to do better the second time around.

Is it to be second time lucky in life – and the music business – for Xia Luo? And will his heart lead him on a pursuit of unrequited love, Qiu Ya, or is Ma Dongmei the real love of his life?

The film was based on a successful stage play of the same name, produced by Mahua FunAge.

“Goodbye Mr. Loser” is a 2015 Chinese movie directed by Yan Fei and Peng Damo.

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