Rotten
Any caseworking suspense is drowned out by an over-abundance of visual pizazz: disjointed shootouts, arbitrary camera angles and cinematography that draws the eye to lighting patterns, not people.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
The Bullet Vanishes
2012 · 1h 48m · NOT RATED
Action, Mystery
Directed by
Lo Chi-Leung
Overview
One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding is violently killed in a game of Russian roulette. Half a month later, a series of inexplicable deaths takes place in the factory, where the victims are shot but no bullets are found. Rumors of a deadly curse begin to spread in the factory, terrorizing the workers there. So, eccentric police inspector Song Donglu and his hot-blooded, gunslinging partner Guo Zhui are sent in to investigate the mystery of the phantom bullets...
Director and cast
- Lo Chi-Leung Director
- Sean Lau Ching-Wan as Inspector Song Donglu
- Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung as Captain Guo Zhui
- Yang Mi as Little Skylark
- Liu Kai-Chi as Mr Ding
- Wu Gang as Police Chief Jin
- Jing Boran as Xiaowu
- Gao Hu as NPA senior officer
- Jiang Yiyan as Fu Yuan
- Chin Ka-Lok as Wu Zhongguo
- Yumiko Cheng as Li Jia, forensic doctor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This China/Hong Kong co-production is lively, stylish and well-performed; it just doesn't know when to stop.
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
Fresh
Dig deeply and you may find a metaphor about corrupt, uncompassionate government. But mostly "The Bullet Vanishes" is an agreeable period buddy movie, and that's plenty.
Andy Webster, New York Times
Fresh
"The Bullet Vanishes" charges ahead at a perfect clip. Lo's delightful, hyperbolic audacity includes sharpshooter Guo's knack for banking bullets off walls to hit bad guys, as if playing pool.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh
This Chinese period thriller set in 1930's Shanghai boasts a fiendishly clever plot and gorgeous production elements.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
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