Let the Bullets Fly ( Rang zidan fei ) Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 10444

Average Rating: 2.6/4

# of Ratings: 9

Theatrical Release Date: 03/02/2012

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 04/24/2012

Language: Mandarin

Genre: Action, Comedy

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Wen Jiang

Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Xiaogang Feng, Wen Jiang, Carina Lau, Kun Chen, Jun Hu

Plot: During the tumultuous 1920s China, a bandit chief decides to pose as a mayor of a small town, thinking he will be able to make a quick buck off the people. But the local town leader isn't about to let him get away with it unscathed, and a battle of wit and violence ensues. -- Chris Kavan

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Yojimbo - wrote on 11/14/2017

A notorious bandit holds up the newly appointed governor of a nearby town and hatches a scheme to impersonate him and fleece the local noblemen, not counting on a gangster who has already claimed the town as his own.

Let the Bullets Fly is an irreverent pastiche of Chinese historical epics and parodies the likes of Red Cliff and their format of military minds in move and counter move. The plot is reminiscent of For A few Dollars More as none of the characters are quite who they seem and combines elements of hi-octane action, slapstick comedy, spaghetti western, martial arts movie and even Shakespearean farce. If this sounds like an uneasy patchwork of disparate ingredients you'd be right; the humour is very broadly played but never laugh out loud funny, the plot is convoluted without …

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