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: | |||
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Fusheng Chen | ||
Wei Fan | ... | Fat robber | |
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Yuanzheng Feng | ... | Thin robber |
Biao Fu | ... | General Manager Liu | |
Ka Tung Lam | ... | Four-eyes | |
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Lei Lee | ||
Fan Xu | ... | Mrs. Liu | |
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Yong You | ... | Thief Number Two |
Hanyu Zhang | ... | Public security Han | |
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Yue Zhang |
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? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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 ...