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The Bullet Vanishes (2012)
Directed by Law Chi-Leung
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One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding is violently killed in a game of Russian roulette. Half a month later, a series of inexplicable deaths takes place in the factory, where the victims are shot but no bullets are found. Rumors of a deadly curse begin to spread in the factory, terrorizing the workers there. So, eccentric police inspector Song Donglu and his hot-blooded, gunslinging partner Guo Zhui are sent in to investigate the mystery of the phantom bullets…
Rated PG-13 | Length 108 minutes
Actors
Lau Ching-Wan | Nicholas Tse | Yang Mi | Wu Gang | Jing Boran | Gao Hu | Jiang Yiyan | Chin Ka-Lok | Yumiko Cheng | Wang Ziyi | Johnson Yuen Tak-Cheung | Benz Kong | Liu Kai-Chi | Zhang Heng | Li Dong
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21/2025 | TV | Other | Owned | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Pretty good time with these characters. Sean Lau Ching-wan is great as usual in the Sherlock Holmes role and I like Nicholas Tse as his hotheaded sidekick. Yang Mi is radiant as ever but not given as much screen time, sadly.
The mystery is okay but not all that compelling. Didn’t really care much about the missing bullets and the curse conspiracy. However, the movie looks great and shot on that ginormous China backlot used in so many films set in period Shanghai.
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