Directed by:
Wen JiangCinematography:
Qiang LiComposer:
Yilin ZhangCast:
Wen Jiang, You Ge, Yun Zhou, Qi Shu, Wen Zhang, Zhiwen Wang, Huang Hung, Gu A, Hong Tao, Xiaohuan Wei, Ben Niu, Zehan Ma, Le'En Mu, Min Tian, Nina Wu, Lu LiuVOD (1)
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Shanghai around 1920. Ma Zouri, ex-aristocrat turned professional conman, is in cahoots with policeman 'Bruni' Xiang Feitan. On behalf of insatiable playboy Wu-Seven, they launder money on a grand scale. Their numerous activities include putting on a beauty contest to which the collective elite of the city are invited. The surprising victory of an outsider sets in motion a chain of events which escalate into a lethal maelstrom. Jiang Wen has already proven that a country's turbulent history can be mirrored in a cryptic genre-mix in his comedy gangster drama Let the Bullets Fly. That film was set in the Chinese provinces; now the director and actor moves to the big city. The booming metropolis of Shanghai has often served as a cinematic backdrop for stories set in the politically charged epoch of the 1920s. Though opulent, the second part of the Bullet trilogy traces the painful aftermath of the civil war and the threat of future social upheaval in between the flamboyant costumes and sumptuous sets – a dance on the edge of a volcano. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Wen Jiang
China
Best movies:
Hibiscus Town (1986)
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
You Ge
China
Best movies:
To Live (1994)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
A World Without Thieves (2004)
Yun Zhou
China
Best movies:
The Sun Also Rises (2007)
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003)
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
Qi Shu
Taiwan
Best movies:
My Wife Is a Gangster 3 (2006)
The Transporter (2002)
If You Are the One (2008)
Wen Zhang
China
Best movies:
Ocean Heaven (2010)
Love Is Not Blind (2011)
The Founding of a Party (2011)
Zhiwen Wang
China
Best movies:
A Battle of Wits (2006)
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
Wheat (2009)
Gu A
China
Hong Tao
China
Best movies:
Happy Times (2000)
Le Violon rouge (1998)
No Man's Land (2013)
Xiaohuan Wei
China
Best movies:
Rise of the Legend (2014)
The Grandmaster (2013)
The Ghouls (2015)
Ben Niu
China
Best movies:
Little Big Soldier (2010)
The Assassins (2012)
Zehan Ma
China
Le'En Mu
China
Min Tian
China
Nina Wu
China
Best movies:
Lu Liu
China
Best movies:
Mountains May Depart (2015)
A Touch of Sin (2013)
Super Me (2019)