Let the Bullets Fly
Director: Jiang Wen
Genre: Comedy, Action, Western, Chinese Movies
Year: 2010
Country: China, Hong Kong
Language: Standard Mandarin, Cantonese
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Jiang Wen, Ge You, Carina Lau, Hu Jun, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kun, Jiang Wu, Yun Zhou, Lu Yao, Pu Miao, Shao Bing, Fan Liao, Mo Zhang, Xiao Wei
Let the Bullets Fly (simplified Chinese: 让子弹飞; traditional Chinese: 讓子彈飛; Mandarin Pinyin: Ràng Zǐ Dàn Fēi; Jyutping: Joeng6 Zi2 Daan6 Fei1) is a 2010 action comedy film written and directed by Jiang Wen, based on a story by Ma Shitu, a famous Sichuanese writer. The film is set in Sichuan during the 1920s when the bandit Zhang (Jiang Wen) descends upon a town posing as its new mayor. The film also stars Chow Yun-fat, Carina Lau, Ge You, Chen Kun and Zhou Yun.
The film's script went through over thirty drafts before Jiang Wen was happy with it. Let the Bullets Fly was originally to be released in September 2010 but was pushed back to December. Made in Mandarin and Sichuanese, the film broke several box office records in Mainland China and Hong Kong, and has received critical acclaim, when it was released. Let the Bullets Fly grossed 730 million yuan (US$111.1 million) in box office, becoming the highest grossing domestic film in China's cinematic history.
Set in China during the warring 1920s,"Pocky" Zhang Mazi (Jiang Wen) leads a group of bandits and ambush a train carrying Ma Bangde (Ge You), who is on his way to Goose Town to become its next governor. Ma's train derails and his
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