Henry Barnes 

Let the Bullets Fly – review

Slapstick, drama and extreme gastronomy – this hugely successful Chinese film covers all the bases, says Henry Barnes
  
  

Chow Yun-Fat in Let The Bullets Fly.
Mob rules ... Chow Yun-Fat in Let The Bullets Fly. Photograph: PR

Wen Jiang's crowd-pleaser swings on a scene in which a bandit disembowels himself to prove he's eaten one, not two, bowls of jelly. "Don't worry! I'll get a doctor!" yells a friend as the guts slide across the floor. Drama and slapstick are at play in this 1920s-set action comedy, in which Jiang plays Pockmark Zhang, an outlaw who infiltrates mob-ruled Goose Town to take on greedy crimelord Master Huang (Chow Yun-Fat). Between the kung fu, the gunplay, a gentle romantic subplot and the extreme gastronomy – there's something for everyone.

 

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