Feng sheng (2009)

Feng sheng: Directed by Kuo-Fu Chen, Qunshu Gao. With Xun Zhou, Bingbing Li, Hanyu Zhang, Xiaoming Huang. 1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of “cat and mouse” ensues as the Chinese code-breaker attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.

“The opening of the film already shows some quite different quality from the otherwise dull and hard Chinese films. Visual effect it is, that is what the Chinese doesnu0026#39;t have or has but in a poor way. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, nice, eyes attracting cg isnu0026#39;t the essence of this film. The script and the performance are the winning factors. Quite like a detective movie, but another way round, u0026quot;badu0026quot; guys searching u0026quot;goodu0026quot; guys. Clues, dialogs and something unexpected come one after another. Of course, the final answer only shows up in the end. The atmosphere is right: set in a castle, no way to escape, dark and brutal, even bloody. The struggle between Chinese and Japanese in the War time, or to be more general, between the righteous and the evil at that time, is the permanent subject of all time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePerformance of the actors and actresses are beyond reproach. My only disappointment is on Zhou Xu. Nothing in particular, only, say, it can be better.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI have heard that because of the censor some scenes were heavily cut. The cut part must be something even more bloody and scary. However, what should I say, without these scary scenes, the impact of the whole movie would reduce to its half. And I would like to say, the remaining u0026quot;tortureu0026quot; scenes are not yet entirely convincing, although they are quite enough for the mass majority in China.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn addition, the last scene is quite superfluous, intending to highlight the u0026quot;old ghostu0026quot;. In an old Chinese saying, painting feet on a snake. In my opinion, silence will do the trick, just let the audience remind themselves.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt the end of the comment: I want more although it is enough!”