Every month, Time Out Shanghai shows one of the best Chinese films of all time at Glam, M on The Bund, with free popcorn and drinks specials.
Drug War
Dir Johnnie To, 2012; Crime/Action.
The first of Hong Kong director Johnnie To’s films to have won approval from Mainland censors (the film is also entirely set in, and partially funded by, the Mainland) this drug trafficking thriller uses artistic and narrative to its advantage, cannily casting Hong Kong performers as the criminals and Mainlanders as the cops to hint at the social and structural divides in Mainland Chinese culture. All roads converge in a climactic shoot-out that is as exhilarating as it is caustic – a ballet of bullets that effectively obliterates the line separating do-gooders and devils.
Glam, M on the Bund. Jan 8. 4.15pm. Free. To reserve your spot, send the word 'Film' to our official WeChat account.
