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  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • IDP Distribution
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • IDP Distribution
  • 1 h 25 m

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...

Directed By: Chuan Lu

Written By: Chuan Lu

  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • IDP Distribution
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • IDP Distribution
  • 1 h 25 m

Mountain Patrol

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
77
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 8 User Ratings
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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...

Directed By: Chuan Lu

Written By: Chuan Lu

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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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.
By Tasha Robinson FULL REVIEW
88
What is remarkable is that this film is based on a true story, and filmed on the actual locations. These are hard, violent men, risking their lives to save an animal species.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
80
It is a grimly exciting film that is picturesque and brutal by turns.
By Richard James Havis FULL REVIEW
80
Exquisite to behold and with a stimulating storyline that mixes guns with ecological consciousness, picture is a considerable change of pace for director Lu Chuan.
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75
The result is a film that's almost unremittingly bleak, but also consistently compelling.
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70
Ultimately a complex meditation on this moral conundrum, a raw tale of survival against impossible odds, and a dashing adventure yarn all in one.
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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.
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 8 User Ratings
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13% Mixed
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Production Company Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Huayi Brothers Media, National Geographic World Films
Release Date Apr 14, 2006
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline One man will risk everything to save innocence
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Awards

Golden Rooster Awards
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Chinese Film Media Awards
• 5 Nominations

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