The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 1,598 2010s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes99%
Metacritic85/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
367 audience votes
Key crew
- Jia ZhangkeDirector
- Jia ZhangkeWriter
Cast
- Zhao TaoZhao Qiao
- Liao FanGuo Bin
- Diao YinanLin Jiadong
- Ding JialiWoman on Boat
- Dong ZijianPoliceman in Fengjie
- Xu ZhengMan from Karamay
- Zhang YibaiFirst Man in Fengjie Restaurant
- Zhang YiSecond Man in Fengjie Restaurant
- Feng XiaogangCast
- Feng JiameiCast
- Kang KangCast
Stills
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Themes
chinacriminal underworldmob bosshandgun
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