Manchurian Tiger 东北虎 China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 117 mins. Director: Geng Jun 耿军. Rating: 6/10. Phlegmatic, black character comedy, set in wintry northeast China, overstays its initial welcome. STORY A coal-mining city in Heilongjiang province, northeast China, the present day, winter. Xu Dong (Zhang Yu) operates his own bulldozer loading coal at a mine. He’s … Continue reading Review: Manchurian Tiger (2021) →
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