Let the Bullets Fly
2010 · Movie · 132 min · ★ 7.8 · 71% critics
An outlaw is pushed into impersonating a county governor and arrives in a remote town where corruption runs deep. As he tries to take control and protect ordinary people, he’s drawn into a tense battle of wits against the local power broker, with sharp humor, shifting alliances, and bursts of violence.
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Details
- Original title
- 让子弹飞
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-12-20
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (353 votes)
- Budget
- $18,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a twisty, fast-moving crime-western comedy full of schemes, dark laughs, and occasional harsh violence, with rewatch value; Not for you if you hate dense plots or subtitle-heavy viewing like Kontroll.
Pros: clever mind-game plotting; sharp satire and humor; strong lead performances | Cons: very fast subtitles; convoluted, dense story; long and uneven pace
Themes
- china
- satire
- bandit
- bandit gang
Cast & crew
Jiang Wen
as Pocky Zhang
Chow Yun-Fat
as Huang Silang
Ge You
as Old Tang
Carina Lau
as Magistrate's wife
Shao Bing
as The Second
Liao Fan
as The Third
Du Yiheng
as The Four
Li Jing
as The Five
Zhang Mo
as The Six
Wei Xiao
as The Seven
Directed by Jiang Wen