A World Without Thieves (2004)
"Tian xia wu zei" (original title)

A con-team couple (Andy Lau & Rene Liu) head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter travelling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.

Director:

Xiaogang Feng

Writer:

Xiaogang Feng

Stars:

Andy Lau, Rene Liu, You Ge

3 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Andy Lau	...	Wang Bo
Rene Liu	...	Wang Li
You Ge	...	Uncle Bill
Baoqiang Wang	...	Sha Gen
Bingbing Li	...	Xiao Ye
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wei Fan	...	Fat robber
Yuanzheng Feng	...	Thin robber
Biao Fu	...	General Manager Liu
Ka Tung Lam	...	Four-eyes
Fan Xu	...	Mrs. Liu
Yong You	...	Thief Number Two
Hanyu Zhang	...	Public security Han
Ping Zong	...	Policewoman

Storyline

Two grifters, Wang Bo and Wang Li, a couple who've been arguing, board a train in rural China. He wants to fleece a peasant, nicknamed Dumbo for his naiveté, who's carrying 60,000 yuan and trusts everyone. She wants to protect the hick kid, an act of expiation brought on by prayer and a visit to a temple. Also on board are one of more sets of thieves, including a calculating boss and his femme fatale. The boss wants to recruit Wang Bo, and a series of contests ensue, with the potential of turning deadly. While Li guards Dumbo from Bo and the others, can she and Bo sort out their relationship? And can Dumbo's simple spirituality touch anyone else?

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Plot Keywords:

boss | couple | bmw | prayer | temple | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

China Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

9 December 2004 (China)

Also Known As:

A World Without Thieves

Filming Locations:

China

Box Office

Budget:

CNY 1,300,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$19,672 (Hong Kong) (31 December 2004)

Gross:

$630,969 (Hong Kong) (7 January 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Focus Films, Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment, Media Asia Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

It is a good movie among the past few year's Holiday films

Feng Xiaogang has made himself the fame of making good holiday films in the past several years. Most of them achieved the purposes of making laugh and making people a happy new year.

This one is the best one in that both in the filming and produce, it has more meaning and more depth. Well, it is still not an 'art' movie. It is still just targeted for box income.

The performance of actors and actresses is OK, not too much to exceed what they are usually doing. By maintaining their perform, this movie achieve the adequate balance between a good movie (usually a heavy one) and a laughter making movie.

The story is a made one for sure. A world without thieves has disappeared from 10 years ago. Now it is a world full of thieves. It might remind people in their 30s the good old days of China ...