Dreadfully Boring

Best movie ever!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

From the title to the critique snippet, the jacket theme, probably intentionally, masks the film's content.Surreal but with pauses allowed by today's technology, reflection and discussion can put the pieces together.Weighty issue of firearms and violence handled most appropriately particularly from law enforcement point of view.Despite my reality, it was difficult to identify with isolation of lead actor.Excellent proof that Y2K did not thwart either artistic and worthwhile (fill in the blank.)STM (J)

In a province in China, Detective Ma Shan (Wen Jiang) wakes up on the day after the wedding party of his sister Ma Juan (Huang Fan) and finds that his gun with three bullets is missing. Ma Shan drank too much in the party and does not recall what might have happen with his weapon. He falls in disgrace with his superiors and investigates who might have stolen the gun. When his former sweetheart Li Xiaomeng (Jing Ning) is found dead with a shot of his weapon, he becomes the prime suspect. When the police force arrests his acquaintance Zhou Xiaogang (Shi Liang), he discloses that Li Xiaomeng was accidentally killed since his friend was the real target of the murderer. Ma Shan uses Zhou Xiaogang as a bait to lure and arrest the criminal an retrieve his missing gun."The Missing Gun" was one of the greatest and best surprises among the movies I have recently watched. China Video usually produces low budget, violent and full of action movies with messed screenplays, but "The Missing Gun" is actually a refreshing story that exposes a shock of cultures. In most of Western movies, it is very easy to get a gun (banal in North American movies), but in Communist China, guns are prohibited for the population and therefore they are a symbol of power, respect and honor to the policeman. Even the number of bullets are limited in accordance with this film. Based on this explanation, we can understand the saga of Ma Shan to find his missing gun. This movie has great interpretations, wonderful locations and a beautiful cinematography. The bicycles chase is surrealistic and unusual and one of the most attractive scenes along this great film. The ambiguous conclusion, with the death of Ma Shan, ends this highly recommended movie with golden key. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "A Arma Perdida" ("The Lost Weapon")

Don't look for HK type action, this is a close look at a different culture through one man's eyes.The man in question is a Chinese police officer who has, through drunken carelessness, lost his gun, an unpardonable offense.A carefully structured and paced film, not without some amusing moments, but for the most part a whodunnit more than anything else.The camera work is brilliant, some of the sequences are fantastic, in fact I wonder if anyone can tell me if they have ever seen the opening technique use anywhere else, (I think what was done was, to mount the camera and drive forward while the camera films from the POV looking out the back and then the film was played backwards, GREAT effect!), it is similar to effects seen before, I.E. the opening sequence in Killing Zoe, but more dizzying.Really nice movie and with a terrific ending, someone should remake this film. I watched it alone one night and rented again a week later to watch again with my wife.Now you go watch it!

It was hard to believe the budget on which this movie was shot, as it puts most of the big budget Hong Kong (not to mention Hollywood) movies to shame in the cinematography stakes. This is the story of the fabled honest cop, who loses his gun during a drunken night at his brother's wedding, and his subsequent efforts to recover it. It is at once surreal, hilarious, paranoiac, and exhilarating... a real rollercoaster of a movie. The acting is superb, the scenery gorgeous, and the direction as tight as a drum. If you have not yet seen this one, do yourself a favour, and seek it out at your nearest Chinatown DVD shop. You won't regret it.