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Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

Let the Bullets Fly poster
Original title
让子弹飞
Directed by
Jiang Wen
Genre
comedy film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 12m
Rated
G
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 358 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A bandit impersonates a new governor in a small Chinese town during the 1920s. He clashes with a powerful local crime boss.

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What happens

Let the Bullets Fly is a 2010 action comedy film written and directed by Jiang Wen, based on a story by Ma Shitu. The film is a Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, set in Sichuan during the 1920s when the bandit Zhang (Jiang Wen) descends upon a town posing as its new governor. The film also stars Chow Yun-fat, Ge You, Carina Lau, and Chen Kun. The film's script went through over thirty drafts before Jiang Wen was happy with it. Let the Bullets Fly was originally to be released in September 2010 but was pushed back to December. Made in Mandarin and Sichuanese, the film broke several box office records in China, and has received critical acclaim, when it was released. Let the Bullets Fly grossed 674 million yuan (US$110 million) in Chinese box office (becoming the highest grossing domestic film in China until it was beaten by Painted Skin: The Resurrection in 2012) and $140 million worldwide. This film would become the first part of Jiang Wen's gangster Beiyang trilogy with Gone with the Bullets and Hidden Man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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