On Your Mark 了不起的老爸 China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 103 mins. Director: Zhou Qingyuan 周青元 [Chiu Keng Guan]. Rating: 6/10. Mixture of father-son drama, a sporting theme, and a disease-of-the-week sub-plot is fluid but lightweight. STORY Shancheng city, central China, 2020. Since childhood, university student Xiao Erdong (Zhang Youhao) has always been interested in running and … Continue reading Review: On Your Mark (2021) →
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