113 mins |
Rated
R16 (Violence, cruelty & content that may disturb.)
Directed by Yi'nan Diao
Starring Regina Wan, Fan Liao, Ge Hu, Lun-Mei Kwei, Liang Qi
The new crime drama from Diao Yinan, winner of the Golden Bear at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival for BLACK COAL, THIN ICE.
'Chinese director Diao Yinan wowed Cannes with this superlative film noir. Stacked with some of the most uniquely thrilling sequences you’ll see in a cinema this year, his lauded follow-up centres on a rogue gangster (Hu Ge) who’s wanted by the cops and the mob – and the opportunistic prostitute (Gwei Lun Mei) who may or may not give him up for the sizable bounty on his head.'
“Diao… cements his status as a master filmmaker with another ingenious crime epic… The Wild Goose Lake is [an] assured, exhilarating tale of criminality and the havoc it wreaks on interpersonal connection, with everything impressive about its predecessor – attentive procedural detail, curious experiments with colour and shadow, action set pieces that’d make Michael Mann envious – raised to the Nth degree." - Jessica Kiang, Variety.
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The new crime drama from Diao Yinan, winner of the Golden Bear at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival for BLACK COAL, THIN ICE.
'Chinese director Diao Yinan wowed Cannes with this superlative film noir. Stacked with some of the most uniquely thrilling sequences you’ll see in a cinema this year, his lauded follow-up centres on a rogue gangster (Hu Ge) who’s wanted by the cops and the mob – and the opportunistic prostitute (Gwei Lun Mei) who may or may not give him up for the sizable bounty on his head.'
“Diao… cements his status as a master filmmaker with another ingenious crime epic… The Wild Goose Lake is [an] assured, exhilarating tale of criminality and the havoc it wreaks on interpersonal connection, with everything impressive about its predecessor – attentive procedural detail, curious experiments with colour and shadow, action set pieces that’d make Michael Mann envious – raised to the Nth degree." - Jessica Kiang, Variety.