That dedicated wryness makes the endless twists and betrayals easier to process-these are awful people, but it's sure a lot of fun to watch them fight it out.
Let the Bullets Fly(让子弹飞)
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China, Hong Kong · 2010
2h 12m
Director Jiang Wen
Starring Jiang Wen, Chow Yun-Fat, Ge You, Carina Lau
Genre Action, Comedy
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Set in China during the Warlords Period of the1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, himself a small-time imposter. Hell-bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues.
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What are critics saying?
It's best to just let the silly-to-spectacular set pieces fly by you and-tastes permitting-enjoy the Karo Syrupped ridiculousness on display.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
A good-natured and highly enjoyable goof.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
At least 30 minutes and several scams too long, the plot passes from amusing to confounding long before the final double-cross.
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
It is marvelously funny - a screwball comedy with more layers than a pearl - and visually sumptuous.
Comedy and shifting-allegiances intrigue more than compensate for the dearth of rousing action in this 1920s-set film.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
Even with three charismatic leads, the talky, convoluted nature of the cat-and-mouse between Zhang and Huang and their respective gangs is impossible to follow or care about, and the mix of identity comedy, cartoonish violence, philosophizing and grief over killed loved ones is hardly smooth.
Slant Magazine by Simon Abrams
Let the Bullets Fly is an intentionally overheated and very funny comedy about how the best-laid plans tend to fall apart in spectacular fashion.
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