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90It is marvelously funny - a screwball comedy with more layers than a pearl - and visually sumptuous.
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80Between the kung fu, the gunplay, a gentle romantic subplot and the extreme gastronomy – there's something for everyone.
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Apr 23, 201280This period action comedy by Jiang Wen (Devils on the Doorstep) is great fun in the Shakespearean tradition, stuffed with lively characters, dramatic stand-offs, and stolen-identity subplots.
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80Comedy and shifting-allegiances intrigue more than compensate for the dearth of rousing action in this 1920s-set film.
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Feb 28, 201280A rollicking, violent, Western-cum-comedy that serves many masters, but adds up to an entertaining hot pot of wry political commentary and general mischief.
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75Let the Bullets Fly is an intentionally overheated and very funny comedy about how the best-laid plans tend to fall apart in spectacular fashion.
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Jan 12, 201170As an allegory on power, corruption and rough justice, it has flashes of intelligence and political acumen.
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Feb 29, 201267That dedicated wryness makes the endless twists and betrayals easier to process-these are awful people, but it's sure a lot of fun to watch them fight it out.
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63Low on nuance and high on body count, the movie is primarily of interest to fans of Asian action spectacles and followers of the charismatic Chow Yun-fat (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), here cast as both a dandyish villain and his idiotic double.
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60A good-natured and highly enjoyable goof.
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60It's best to just let the silly-to-spectacular set pieces fly by you and-tastes permitting-enjoy the Karo Syrupped ridiculousness on display.
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50At 132 minutes, the film is at least half an hour too long. Nobody asked me, but the best solution would be to keep the action sequences (such as the robbery of a horse-drawn steam train, an homage to Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West''), and scrap the allegedly "witty'' dialogue and difficult-to-follow plot twists.
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50Even with three charismatic leads, the talky, convoluted nature of the cat-and-mouse between Zhang and Huang and their respective gangs is impossible to follow or care about, and the mix of identity comedy, cartoonish violence, philosophizing and grief over killed loved ones is hardly smooth.
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50At least 30 minutes and several scams too long, the plot passes from amusing to confounding long before the final double-cross.