Leaping over the Dragon Gate 龙门相 China, 2020, colour, 2.35:1, 113 mins. Director: Xiao Yifan 肖一凡. Rating: 6/10. Blackly humorous crime story, set in snowy northeast China, is undercut by some weak psychology and an over-long coda that unbalances the whole. STORY Hengdao village, Heilongjiang province, northeast China, 11 Feb 2009. A man looks down … Continue reading Review: Leaping over the Dragon Gate (2020) →
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