No More Bets (2023)
- Original title
- 孤注一掷
- Directed by
- Ao Shen
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 84 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Chinese people are tricked into traveling to a Southeast Asian country. There, they are forced to run Internet fraud schemes. The film follows their attempts to survive and escape.
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What happens
No More Bets (Chinese: 孤注一掷; pinyin: Gū Zhù Yī Zhì) is a 2023 Chinese crime thriller film directed by Shen Ao and produced by Ning Hao. The film chronicles a story about Chinese people being trafficked overseas to a Southeast Asian country and forced to commit Internet fraud. It features Lay Zhang, Gina Jin, Yong Mei, Wang Chuanjun, Darren Wang, Zhou Ye, and Sunny Sun. The film was released in China in both regular theaters and IMAX on August 8, 2023 and achieved box office success, earning a gross of over $500 million. In response to the film, Cambodia banned showings of No More Bets due to its potential allusion to the country and the negative image it portrays, while the film was criticised by the governments of Myanmar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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