The Wasted Times
2016 · Movie · NR · 123 min · ★ 6.9 · 25% critics
In wartime Shanghai, people in the underworld are pulled between desire, loyalty, and survival as outside forces close in. As tensions rise, uneasy ties with an occupying army make every choice more dangerous.
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Details
- Original title
- 罗曼蒂克消亡史
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-12-16
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 25/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (57 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy moody crime dramas set against political conflict, especially if Hidden Blade or Ash Is Purest White worked for you; Not for you if you want a light, fast, straightforward story.
Pros: tense wartime setting; crime-and-loyalty drama; morally tangled choices | Cons: heavy tone; slow-burn pacing; tangled relationships
Themes
- china
- shanghai, china
- gangster
- 1940s
- 1930s
- japanese occupation of china
Cast & crew
Ge You
as Mr. Lu
Zhang Ziyi
as Xiao Liu
Tadanobu Asano
as Watabe
Du Chun
as Killer
Gillian Chung
as Xiao Wu
Zhao Baogang
as Northern Guest
Ni Dahong
as Mr. Wang
Yuan Quan
as Miss Wu
Yan Ni
as Mama Wang
Han Geng
as Mr. Zhao
Directed by Cheng Er