Synopsis
In the lawless land that is rural China in the 1920s, legendary bandit "Pocky" Zhang and his gang stage a train robbery. They are quite unhappy to discover that instead of silver, the only thing left on the train is the con man, Tang. Desperate, Tang explains that he's on his way to Goose Town, where he's bought himself a governorship. If allowed to live, he will help Zhang assume the governorship in his place… where Zhang can make more money in one month as a corrupt politician than he can in a year’s worth of train robberies. With Tang as his prisoner/counselor, off they go. But neither realizes that Goose Town is already under the iron rule of the wealthy Master Huang, whose charming exterior conceals a ruthless, conniving crime lord. As Zhang begins to see how badly Huang oppresses the citizens of Goose Town, he decides to do something about it, and Huang quickly senses a major threat to his empire. Thus begins an escalating series of hyper-violent mind games between the bandit and the crime lord, while the devious Tang tries to play both sides until he can exit the situation...preferably with a profit. The stakes quickly rise to ludicrous proportions in this masterfully vicious, pitch-black action-comedy, and you’ll be laughing the entire time as double- and triple-crosses, razor-sharp wordplay, and hundreds of thousands of bullets explode across the screen.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $11,287 (17.9% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 5.38 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 5 opening theaters/10 max. theaters, 3.3 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $85,334 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,601-13,700) | 13,700 | $63,012 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 26,701-26,800) | 26,752 | $63,012 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,301-5,400) | 5,364 | $63,012 |
| All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) | 2,354 | $63,012 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 4,701-4,800) | 4,794 | $63,012 |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | March 2nd, 2012 (Limited) by Well Go USA, released as Let the Bullets Fly |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 132 minutes |
| Franchise: | Let The Bullets Fly |
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| Keywords: | Organized Crime, Confidence Men, Spoof, Political, False Identity |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Emperor Motion Picture, Beijing Buyilehu Film and Culture, China Film Group, Happy Blue Sea Film & Television Group, Emei Film Group, Chinavision Media Group |
| Production Countries: | China, Hong Kong |
| Languages: | Mandarin |