A solid Chinese cops-and-robbers story with the usual Chinese elements - slathers of melodrama, a touch more violence than you'd normally see, and a gratuitous bit of Chinese government propaganda (this time it's about how Chinese policing has successfully reduced gun crime). It's still very good at hitting the familiar beats, with some twists and turns along the ways as police chief chases down a gang of thieves. This print does have a couple of light issues - it tends to only translate dialogue, not on-screen text, which is unfortunate as the film does use a fair amount of onscreen text to tell the narrative - but it still worked pretty well for me
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