Jie jiu Wu xian sheng (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Drugi naslovi: Saving Mr. Wu

Država: Kitajska

Leto: 2015 

Dolžina: 106',  Imdb

Žanri: Akcija, Krimi, Drama   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Ding Sheng

Scenarij: Ding Sheng

Igrajo: Andy Lau, Liu Ye, Wang Qingyuan, Wu Ruofu, Cai Lu, Lam Suet, Yu Ailei, Zhao Xiaoyue, Zhao Xiaorui, Li Meng

[ENG]

SAVING MR. WU is an action-packed crime thriller based on the true story of China's famous celebrity kidnapping case. Mr. Wu is kidnapped in Beijing by Zhang Hua and three accomplices, all disguised as cops. In the ensuing 20 hours, the Chinese detectives led by Chief Xing quickly form a task force and sweep the city. Time is of the essence though as Mr. Wu is ordered to be killed at 9pm regardless of whether the money is collected or not. The police eventually apprehend Hua alone and a dangerous mental showdown develops between police interrogators and Hua. As the deadline rapidly approaches, the detectives and captors collide in a dramatic battle.

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Though it’s largely a standard police procedural, Ding sends Saving Mr. Wu’s narrative jumping through time — from the "present" where Zhang is being interrogated 18 hours after Wu is snatched off the street, to other kidnappings weeks before and to the timescape of Wu’s captivity. In stitching all these threads together, Ding goes full Paul Greengrass, with an over-abundance of handheld shaky-cam and jagged editing (which might give Michael Bay a headache) that often makes it hard to figure out what’s going on. Mr. Wu moves at lightning speed, barely stopping to catch its breath as the police make one connection after another (if nothing the film is a paean to the efficacy of Beijing’s finest, a bureau of which is credited as co-producing) and the script drops plot points in seemingly at random. (Elizabeth Kerr, Hollywood Reporter)

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