This is an under the radar thriller that may very well end up on my end of year best list.
Gu, a former professional sharpshooter is forced to take a security job at a factory. Things become complicated when a tensions in the factory, hurt by the Chinese financial reforms, turn things into powder keg. At the same time his girlfriends son is close to going off the rails.
Social commentary collides with slow burn thriller in a film that slowly builds suspense until it’s almost unbearable. Credit the films low key gritty presentation and the films take no prisoners attitude that makes up fear for the safety of everyone on screen. It’s a hell of a ride that had me wondering where it was going to at the start and then staring blankly at the screen in fear for the characters I had come to love.
This is a great thriller of the sort that we only get from China.
Highly recommended for anyone willing to wait for the slow burn to pay off in spades.
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