Fantastic Fest 2011

Notorious bandit Pocky Zhang is the Robin Hood of 1920s China. He and his gang steal from the wealthy and have genuine concern for the poor. When they try to rob a train, they discover that the Governor traveling inside is a fraud. He conned his way into his position and is now preying on small villages and collecting illegal taxes from those who have never seen the real official. Zhang decides to team up with this conman and try the clever scam in a the next town down the line. Once they arrive, however, they must battle the equally Machiavellian Master Huang, the local godfather who has beaten them to the punch and already holds the town in his tyrannical grip.

The powerhouse acting trio of Chow Yun Fat (The Killer, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and about a 1000 other films) is joined by director/actor Jiang Wen (Red Sorghum, The Lost Bladesman) and arthouse mainstay Ge You (Farewell My Concubine, To Live) to deliver a crackling dense script full of twists, turns and genuine belly laughs. By their actions, the trio of characters are all fairly loathsome, morally bankrupt individuals, but they follow their broken moral compass with such genuine charisma, you can’t help but fall under their spell.

From the meticulous décor to the non stop barrage of guns blazing action (the title is most definitely not a red herring), LET THE BULLETS FLY is a classic martial arts comedy romp that gleefully harkens back to both the Leone Spaghetti Westerns but also the golden age of Hong Kong action, where a movie ticket was almost always a gateway to perfect, gleeful escapism.(Luke Mullen)

Presented by WELL GO USA ENTERTAINMENT