Upstream (2024)
22KUpstream (2024). 2h 1m
“If you have spent more than 2 days even as a tourist in China, chances are good you had a near-miss traffic accident with a u0026quot;knightu0026quot; in yellow-clad armour.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie gives us a closer look at the overlooked. In Chinau0026#39;s biggest cities, the yellow u0026quot;knightsu0026quot; as they are lovingly called buzz around like bees. Always trying to take a shortcut and running a red light to make a quick buck, the service economy runs on poor non-registered workers risking their life for little pay.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlthough thoroughly enjoyable, thereu0026#39;s two aspects that hold this movie back slightly: first, the performances are good but the wife actress sticks out like a sore thumb. Poorly acted and poorer written still, it takes you out of the story every time sheu0026#39;s on screen. Second, thereu0026#39;s several parts where the movie really feels like a propaganda piece paid for by Kuai Di companies. Delivering bravely in the rain, to rooftops, to hospitals, all to become the u0026quot;top driveru0026quot; and save a kid with leukemia, it actually looks exactly like a popular Kaui Di ad that used to run on Chinese TV.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo itu0026#39;s 4/5 for this delivery.”
