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Let the Bullets Fly (Rang zidan fei) has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: MODERATE "...confounding... Characters mess with one another's -- and the audience's -- heads, disguising and swapping identities so frequently that following the racing subtitles demands constant attention." (Read the full review...) 302 words, 03/02/12 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Though a good-natured and highly enjoyable goof, Jiang Wen's comic blockbuster -- the highest-grossing movie made in China -- more than lives up to its name." (Read the full review...) 97 words, 03/02/12 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...promises genre pleasures it routinely leaves un-triggered in its chamber.... the mix of identity comedy, cartoonish violence, philosophizing and grief over killed loved ones is hardly smooth." (Read the full review...) 203 words, 03/02/12 V.A. Musetto, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "...the film is at least half an hour too long.... Word is that Jiang Wen went though 30 drafts of the script before he was satisfied. Perhaps he should have gone for 31." (Read the full review...) 154 words, 03/02/12 Greg Quill, Toronto Star: MODERATE (cg) "...a ribald mess of a farce whose finer qualities will likely be lost on non-Chinese-speaking audiences and others not familiar with 1920s warlord lore." (Read the full review...) 361 words, 03/02/12 Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...comedy and shifting allegiances intrigue more than compensate for the dearth of rousing action in this 1920s-set film -- the highest-grossing Chinese movie of all time..." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 02/29/12 Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Low on nuance and high on body count... primarily of interest to fans of Asian action spectacles and followers of the charismatic Chow Yun-fat ('Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon')..." (Read the full review...) 517 words, 03/02/12 Andrew Dowler, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...lively enough, but for non-Chinese speakers, constant, rapid-fire dialogue keeps your eyes glued to the subtitles, which sometimes go by too quickly to read fully, spoiling much of the fun." (Read the full review...) 166 words, 03/01/12
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "...if you're willing to accept a movie as an immersive emotional-kinetic experience, it may be your new favorite thing.... this is a hard film to beat." (Read the full review...) 352 words, 03/23/12 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: VERY GOOD (cg) "It's very much a Chinese action film for fans of Chinese action films. But if you count yourself among them, count yourself lucky." (Read the full review...) 591 words, 03/02/12 Soren Andersen, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Jiang Wen directs with great vigor, serving up plenty of blood and a lot of laughs as he turns his picture into a propulsive blast." (Read the full review...) 240 words, 03/09/12 Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD (cg) "There's a giddy wildness to the opening hour or so and you get a rush from it. But after a while, the inventive engine of it loses steam, and the film starts to grind." (Read the full review...) 192 words, 03/09/12
Nick Schager, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...comedy and shifting allegiances intrigue more than compensate for the dearth of rousing action in this 1920s-set film -- the highest-grossing Chinese movie of all time..." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 02/29/12 Alison Willmore, AV Club: GOOD (cg) "Violent, cruel, and funny... has a pitch-black sense of humor in which the sometimes-cartoonish style of violence never softens the actual blow..." (Read the full review...) 426 words, 03/01/12 Chris Barsanti, Pop Matters: EXCELLENT (cg) "A crazed, hijinks-riddled pseudo-epic... by the time the action wraps up with a surreal assault on Master Huang's complex, most viewers will be holding on for dear life amid all the good-humored chaos." (Read the full review...) 355 words, 04/29/11 Simon Abrams, Slant: VERY GOOD (cg) "...an intentionally overheated and very funny comedy about how the best-laid plans tend to fall apart in spectacular fashion.... funny first and quietly didactic after that." (Read the full review...) 610 words, 05/01/11 Andrew Dowler, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...lively enough, but for non-Chinese speakers, constant, rapid-fire dialogue keeps your eyes glued to the subtitles, which sometimes go by too quickly to read fully, spoiling much of the fun." (Read the full review...) 166 words, 03/01/12
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: EXCELLENT "...marvelously funny -- a screwball comedy with more layers than a pearl -- and visually sumptuous..." (Read the full review...) 376 words, 03/02/12 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: MODERATE "...confounding... Characters mess with one another's -- and the audience's -- heads, disguising and swapping identities so frequently that following the racing subtitles demands constant attention." (Read the full review...) 302 words, 03/02/12 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...promises genre pleasures it routinely leaves un-triggered in its chamber.... the mix of identity comedy, cartoonish violence, philosophizing and grief over killed loved ones is hardly smooth." (Read the full review...) 203 words, 03/02/12
John Anderson, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "...a rollicking, violent, Western-cum-comedy that serves many masters, but adds up to an entertaining hot pot of wry political commentary and general mischief.... the subtle is always in competition with the ostentatious... It's captivating." (Read the full review...) 726 words, 04/26/11 Maggie Lee, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...rollicking... Actor-auteur Jiang Wen directs with a macho, devil-may-care bravado that expresses the anarchy and rapacious opportunism of warlord-dominated China in the 1920s." (Read the full review...) 765 words, 01/11/11 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...promises genre pleasures it routinely leaves un-triggered in its chamber.... the mix of identity comedy, cartoonish violence, philosophizing and grief over killed loved ones is hardly smooth." (Read the full review...) 203 words, 03/02/12 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: MODERATE "...confounding... Characters mess with one another's -- and the audience's -- heads, disguising and swapping identities so frequently that following the racing subtitles demands constant attention." (Read the full review...) 302 words, 03/02/12 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: EXCELLENT "...marvelously funny -- a screwball comedy with more layers than a pearl -- and visually sumptuous..." (Read the full review...) 376 words, 03/02/12
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