Let the Bullets Fly

2010

2h 12m

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7.7/10

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When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.

Directors

Jiang Wen

Writers

Shu Ping(screenplay by)

Jiang Wen(screenplay by)

Zhu Sujin(screenplay by)

Stars

Jiang Wen

Chow Yun-Fat

Ge You

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Pocky Zhang

Huang Silang

Old Tang

Magistrate's wife

The Second

The Third

The Four

老五

The Six

老七

Sister Hua

Huwan

Master Wu

Master Tang

Fake Zhang Mazi

Hu Qian

Mabond's ex-wife

Daiyu Qingwenzi

Directors

Jiang Wen

Writers

Shu Ping(screenplay by)

Jiang Wen(screenplay by)

Zhu Sujin(screenplay by)

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This movie might actually be my first Chinese spaghetti western. It's very funny and highly satirical, typical of Jiang Wen. At first, I thought it was going to be a lot like Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles", and in some respects it is. But really, it's a good deal more sophisticated than that. The plot is almost like a chess game between two brilliant strategists. I understand, from one Chinese reviewer, that the film has a lot of double entendres and puns in Chinese that we are missing without it being our first language. This is an incredible movie, even with half of it lost in translation. I can only imagine that it's absolutely brilliant in Chinese. Warning: The pacing is super fast and the plot is extremely complicated. Be prepared to pause the film and back up.

badelf10 Jun, 2023