Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel, bloody but satisfying end or so he thinks. The equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own. As the plot twists, more blood will flow, and ever greater violence will erupt.
Directed by Zhang Yimou
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Cast
Sun Honglei
Zhang
Xiao Shenyang
Li
Yan Ni
Wang's wife
Ni Dahong
Wang
Cheng Ye
Zhao
Nikita Mao
Chen
Zhao Benshan
Patrol Team Commander
Julien Gaudfroy
Persian Merchant
Wei Na
Persian Woman
Wang Sisi
Female Prisoner
Li Wenting
Female Prisoner
Crew
Zhang Yimou
Director
Shang Jing
Co-Director
Xu Zhengchao
Screenplay
Shi Jianquan
Screenplay
Zhao Lin
Original Music Composer
Zhao Xiaoding
Director of Photography
Bill Kong Chi-Keung
Producer
Zhang Zhenyan
Executive Producer
Ethan Coen
Original Story
Joel Coen
Original Story
Popular Reviews
1 review
Lucas
Yeah, I don't know about this one. First off I should say that at this moment I haven't seen blood simple, which this movie is a remake off.
The story is pretty entertaining, but since this movie is a remake I don't know how much credit it really deserves for that, as I don't know how similar it is to the original. Non the less the story was fun to watch play out.
Zhang Yimou made this so it's obviously going to be visually interesting. There are some very cool shots in this movie. There are also some pretty good performances.
With that said, this movie is also kinda weird. Definitely some choices I don't understand and the tone is all over the place. Really not quite sure what the movie is going for it what i think about it.
Hopefully I'll get to check out Blood simple at some point and see if that gives me a better idea of what i think about this movie.
Yeah, I don't know about this one. First off I should say that at this moment I haven't seen blood simple, which this movie is a remake off.
The story is pretty entertaining, but since this movie is a remake I don't know how much credit it really deserves for that, as I don't know how similar it is to the original. Non the less the story was fun to watch play out.
Zhang Yimou made this so it's obviously going to be visually interesting. There are some very cool shots in this movie. There are also some pretty good performances.
With that said, this movie is also kinda weird. Definitely some choices I don't understand and the tone is all over the place. Really not quite sure what the movie is going for it what i think about it.
Hopefully I'll get to check out Blood simple at some point and see if that gives me a better idea of what i think about this movie.
