Chu bao

Even though this is one of the better Chinese movies I've seen in a while, it's still only distinctly average by international standards. Apparently based on a true story, it tells of a band of jewel thieves operating in 1990s China and the dedicated cop out to catch them. This is a film that benefits from pretty decent action scenes which do raise the pulse on occasion, but in between it's a total bore and the cop is one of the most charisma-free I've ever seen. Kudos to Daniel Wu for doing what he does as he makes this halfway palatable.