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A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam.A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam.A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam.
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- Writer
- Stars
- Awards
- 20 wins & 36 nominations
Ge Hu
- Zhou Zenong
- (as Hu Ge)
Lun-Mei Gwei
- Liu Aiai
- (as Gwei Lun Mei)
Fan Liao
- Captain Liu
- (as Liao Fan)
Regina Wan
- Yang Shujun
- (as Wan Qian)
Chloe Maayan
- Ping Ping
- (as Zeng Meihuizi)
Yicong Zhang
- Xiao Dongbei
- (as Zhang Yicong)
Yongzhong Chen
- Client
- (as Chen Yongzhong)
Zhipeng Li
- Chang Zhao
- (as Li Zhipeng)
Jiahao Chang
- Cat Eye
- (as Chang Jiahao)
Jiazhuang Chang
- Cat Ear
- (as Chang Jiazhuang)
Zijie Chen
- Yang Zhilie
- (as Chen Zijie)
Qingsong Tang
- Xiao Jiang in Yellow Hair
- (as Tang Qingsong)
Xiaoxian Fu
- Hong Hong
- (as Fu Xiaoxian)
Wenyang Qiu
- The Manager of Xing Qing Du Hotel
- (as Qiu Wenyang)
Yiming Zhang
- The Son of Yang Shujun
- (as Zhang Yiming)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film was shot in Wuhan dialect, instead of Standard Mandarin. Hence, most of Chinese audiences, like all foreign audiences, actually have to read the subtitles in order to understand what the characters are saying.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 774: Best of the Best + Holidate (2020)
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Hu Ge plays Zhou Zenong, an ex-con and a leader of a minor crime family mostly specializing in motorcycle thefts. Unfortunately, a quarrel with another crime family has him accidentally shoot a police officer, mistaking the man for one of his enemies. Now he's on the run and ends up near Wild Goose Lake, a lake resort known for its prostitutes. You can definitely disappear in a place like that. But does he manage to pull it off?
The story revolves around Zhou and Liu Aiai (Gwei Lun-mei), one of the local prostitutes, whose pimp is a known associate of Zhou's. Liu is made to contact Zhou because she's not immediately known to the police, and the rest evolves from that.
If I had to describe the style of the film, I'd say it's a weird mixture of John Woo and Kim Ki-duk. With more emphasis on Kim. It definitely wants to be a crime thriller, but it's very slow and thoughtful about it. The film has this serenity to it. People are in a rush, it's a tense situation, but there are still moments just to have a conversation or to get lost in your thoughts. Have a moment of introspection.
Until the film decides it's time for the final action scene, when all bets are suddenly off. It's a jarring mixture to say the least, but I can't say I minded it.
If I had to name one flaw, I'd say the plot is a touch meandering. The slow style works surprisingly well, but whenever the story needs to move forward, it takes a while to do so and jumps through a few hoops too many.
Still, if you're looking for a Chinese crime drama, you could do a lot worse.
The story revolves around Zhou and Liu Aiai (Gwei Lun-mei), one of the local prostitutes, whose pimp is a known associate of Zhou's. Liu is made to contact Zhou because she's not immediately known to the police, and the rest evolves from that.
If I had to describe the style of the film, I'd say it's a weird mixture of John Woo and Kim Ki-duk. With more emphasis on Kim. It definitely wants to be a crime thriller, but it's very slow and thoughtful about it. The film has this serenity to it. People are in a rush, it's a tense situation, but there are still moments just to have a conversation or to get lost in your thoughts. Have a moment of introspection.
Until the film decides it's time for the final action scene, when all bets are suddenly off. It's a jarring mixture to say the least, but I can't say I minded it.
If I had to name one flaw, I'd say the plot is a touch meandering. The slow style works surprisingly well, but whenever the story needs to move forward, it takes a while to do so and jumps through a few hoops too many.
Still, if you're looking for a Chinese crime drama, you could do a lot worse.
- Vartiainen
- Oct 9, 2019
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- Also known as
- Озеро диких гусей
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,573
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,573
- Mar 8, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $31,064,835
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.90 : 1
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