Don't look for HK type action, this is a close look at a different culture through one man's eyes.
The man in question is a Chinese police officer who has, through drunken carelessness, lost his gun, an unpardonable offense.
A carefully structured and paced film, not without some amusing moments, but for the most part a whodunnit more than anything else.
The camera work is brilliant, some of the sequences are fantastic, in fact I wonder if anyone can tell me if they have ever seen the opening technique use anywhere else, (I think what was done was, to mount the camera and drive forward while the camera films from the POV looking out the back and then the film was played backwards, GREAT effect!), it is similar to effects seen before, I.E. the opening sequence in Killing Zoe, but more dizzying.
Really nice movie and with a terrific ending, someone should remake this film. I watched it alone one night and rented again a week later to watch again with my wife.
Now you go watch it!
The man in question is a Chinese police officer who has, through drunken carelessness, lost his gun, an unpardonable offense.
A carefully structured and paced film, not without some amusing moments, but for the most part a whodunnit more than anything else.
The camera work is brilliant, some of the sequences are fantastic, in fact I wonder if anyone can tell me if they have ever seen the opening technique use anywhere else, (I think what was done was, to mount the camera and drive forward while the camera films from the POV looking out the back and then the film was played backwards, GREAT effect!), it is similar to effects seen before, I.E. the opening sequence in Killing Zoe, but more dizzying.
Really nice movie and with a terrific ending, someone should remake this film. I watched it alone one night and rented again a week later to watch again with my wife.
Now you go watch it!