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If you have spent more than 2 days even as a tourist in China, chances are good you had a near-miss traffic accident with a "knight" in yellow-clad armour.
This movie gives us a closer look at the overlooked. In China's biggest cities, the yellow "knights" as they are lovingly called buzz around like bees. Always trying to take a shortcut and running a red light to make a quick buck, the service economy runs on poor non-registered workers risking their life for little pay.
Although thoroughly enjoyable, there's two aspects that hold this movie back slightly: first, the performances are good but the wife actress sticks out like a sore thumb. Poorly acted and poorer written still, it takes you out of the story every time she's on screen. Second, there's several parts where the movie really feels like a propaganda piece paid for by Kua Di companies. Delivering bravely in the rain, to rooftops, to hospitals, all to become the "top driver" and save a kid with leukemia, it actually looks exactly like a popular Kau Di ad that used to run on Chinese TV.
So it's 4/5 for this delivery.
This movie gives us a closer look at the overlooked. In China's biggest cities, the yellow "knights" as they are lovingly called buzz around like bees. Always trying to take a shortcut and running a red light to make a quick buck, the service economy runs on poor non-registered workers risking their life for little pay.
Although thoroughly enjoyable, there's two aspects that hold this movie back slightly: first, the performances are good but the wife actress sticks out like a sore thumb. Poorly acted and poorer written still, it takes you out of the story every time she's on screen. Second, there's several parts where the movie really feels like a propaganda piece paid for by Kua Di companies. Delivering bravely in the rain, to rooftops, to hospitals, all to become the "top driver" and save a kid with leukemia, it actually looks exactly like a popular Kau Di ad that used to run on Chinese TV.
So it's 4/5 for this delivery.
A refreshing reminder that mainland China has absolutely top tier films to offer if you're willing to look for them.
With a story that uniquely touches on past government policy, a son dying of you age, and the parents suffering through the decades, it is only natural to compare this to "To Live" (Huozhe), the classic starring Ge You and Gong Li.
Delightfully, it holds up in every way without feeling derivative. Whilst the environments and timelines play a key role in driving the story, this is a movie purely about its characters, and the emotions heavy as lead that they carry through the decades.
Superbly depressing and excellent acting, this movie is an instant classic.
With a story that uniquely touches on past government policy, a son dying of you age, and the parents suffering through the decades, it is only natural to compare this to "To Live" (Huozhe), the classic starring Ge You and Gong Li.
Delightfully, it holds up in every way without feeling derivative. Whilst the environments and timelines play a key role in driving the story, this is a movie purely about its characters, and the emotions heavy as lead that they carry through the decades.
Superbly depressing and excellent acting, this movie is an instant classic.