2010 · comedy · western · crime
Let the Bullets Fly
Directed by Jiang Wen2h 12m2010
When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.
Our read: Let the Bullets Fly (2010) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive comedy · western · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / western, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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