Let the Bullets Fly

Disappointing. It's not bad entertainment, with some really clever plotting, enjoyable characters, witty dialogue and situations, gorgeous shots, and exciting action. It's a fun, if occasionally confusing, movie. But it's pretty shallow stuff and lacks the artfulness of Jiang's previous works. Besides that, there's some shoddy CG work, a gross-out scene I could have done without entirely, and Chow Yun-Fat hams it up. I just hope this gives Jiang more freedom to go back to doing more unique work.

Jiang's new entry is a step out of his strong suit, terribly entertaining at times, loses it's momentum midway through and ties with a mediocre ending.

I can't believe this is by the same director who did the brilliant and darkly introspective Devils on the Doorstep. This is more along the lines of a mad cap comedy like Kung Fu Hustle with more gore and a lot less amusing. It's a reasonably well acted ensemble and it's nice to see Chow Yun Fat doing comedy albeit in an underwhelming film. There needs to be more films about the pre-revolutionary period of China but not like this.

Mad, hilarious movie. Comic timing so quick I actually got a bit dizzy trying to follow the cuts and keep up with the subtitles. It’s too long but the melodrama in the third act felt earned somehow. Like, yeah, I don’t really care anymore but I’m still impressed you’ve maintained that pace for well over two hours

It’s extremely likely I missed a ton of subtext, so the fault may well be mine, but this was reasonably entertaining and not much more.

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This movie was not at all what I was expecting and that is not a bad thing. This has more to do with espionage than action or comedy. The comedy is mostly due to irony. The acting on all sides was unique but very good.

Jiang Wen is friggin' awesome. This movie has a dense, confusing plot, stylish action, great humor, and it's simply just a joy to watch. There were times that I had a hard time figuring out what was going on and was left scratching my head, though I think that's mostly because of cultural differences and a language barrier. Imagine a cross between a spaghetti western (a la Terrence Hill) and a Korean action movie (a la Park Chan-wook).

Very silly.

A baffling film. Its tonal incongruities are not satisfying like other Madcaps or Moleitaus, but feel hammed into position, so the entire affair comes off like an amateurish error in form. During the whole viewing experience I wanted to like it, but in the end I felt wanting.

Genius! Very cynical and cunning! 1story=3/2 (a funny＆commercial one outside, 2 sarcastic ones inside, are independent respectively. No seemingly﹣irrelevant plots or lines are redundant if you find the clues how they coincided. Classic.) The PRECONDITION is you have to be VERY familiar with Chinese modern history, otherwise you couldn't know how genius it was to be revealed through the strict censorship when it actually bitterly mocked at CCP!

it's a great cast, but good luck keeping up with the dialogue, jokes, and even the story if you aren't chinese.

Intermittently satisfying nonsense. There seems to have been some difficulties that mandated nearly all scenes to be filmed exclusively in tight shots, which, along with some awkward CGI moments, distracted me. Above all, this film is a genre mash-up that requires some suspension of disbelief for its Miike moments & several instances of histrionics...but also a measure of attention to grasp its plot of increasing duplicity and political subtext. I have an unusual liking for all this.

This is the Chinese version of Jack and Jill. All the friends of Wen Jiang are allowed an appearance. It's one big mambo jumble. Rubbish.

"The world of difference in tone and content between actor-turned-director Jiang Wen's Let the Bullets Fly and his masterful Devils on the Doorstep can be seen in the former film's deceptively happy ending." - Simon Abrams

Humorous movie and well directed, but don't think I grasped the apparent deeper meanings meant as commentary on Chinese recent history, etc.