No More Bets 孤注一掷 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 129 mins. Director: Shen Ao 申奥. Rating: 7/10. A dark, often violent but mostly gripping drama centred on an online scamming operation run by Chinese from a disused factory in the Thai countryside. STORY A city in China, 2018. Programmer 码农. After losing out on a company … Continue reading Review: No More Bets (2023) →
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