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77 out of 100

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6.7 out of 10

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  • Starring: Zhang Lei
  • Summary: Mountain Patrol: Kekexili is a film inspired by a people's remarkable mission surrounding the illegal Tibetan antelope poaching in the region of Kekexili, the largest animal reserve in China. The story is brought to the screen with great detail by director Lu Chuan. Set against the exquisite backdrop of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Chuan tells the tale of brave local Tibetans who face death and starvation to save the endangered antelope herds from a band of ruthless hunters. (National Geographic World Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    91
    Filmed in long, quiet takes across gorgeous, all-but-empty landscapes, Mountain Patrol feels more like Gus Van Sant's "Gerry" than like the cops-and-robbers thriller its plotline suggests.
  2. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    90
    This is a one-of-a-kind action flick: a tale of triumph tinged at every moment with tragedy.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    60
    The altitude, extreme cold, quicksand, and crushing poverty are potent dramatic elements, but of course there's no mention of China's complicity in the area's economic ills; instead writer-director Lu Chuan frames the story as a showdown between the head ranger and the leader of the poachers.

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  1. JohnG.
    6
    Monotonous, depressing, with little redeeming qualities except for some breathtaking cinematography.
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