Asian World 2025 Review: In DEAD TO RIGHTS, A Harrowing Snapshot Of Endurance
Shen Ao directs a cast led by Liu Haoran, Wang Chuanjun, Gao Ye, Wang Xiao, and Daichi Harashima
Shen Ao directs a cast led by Liu Haoran, Wang Chuanjun, Gao Ye, Wang Xiao, and Daichi Harashima
Culminating an intricately woven plot from debut writer/director Li Yuhe, Absurd Accident has plenty going for itself in the unimaginable, silly and darkly comedic as intended. The story itself uses the zig-zag routine, challenging you to follow along with each chapter as it unfolds with each terrible decision, plot twist and point of calamity. The peculiar events that occur here are set in a small rural town, and begin within the confines of a small scale hotel owned by Baiwan (Chen Xuxi), and his wife, Lilian (Gao Ye). Baiwan has been seeing a Chinese medicinal doctor to help regain his male vitality, but all it does is cause him to have dreams. His latest dream, however, opens the flood gates to a nightmare scenario gone haywire when he begins suspecting that his wife has been cheating. Taking the word of his doctor, Jianxiao (Cao Rui), Baiwan follows the canard to […]
Li Yuhe’s feature debut Absurd Accident, drew some enthused reactions from critics and also tended to festival crowds in Shanghai and parts of the U.S.. Cheng Cheng Films is proudly taking the mantle for its U.S. distribution with a release now set for July 18 on Amazon Prime Video and VoD platforms wherever it’s made available. Bouncing with nail-biting suspense and ingenious humor, young Chinese filmmaker Li Yuhe’s feature debut portrays a puzzling crime happened in a rural small town, where greed, lust and wit battle it out in one night. It all starts from a sexually impotent motel owner hiring a pro to murder his cheating wife. Everything goes exactly as planned, until two blind daters, a robber, a policeman and a strange dead body unexpectedly arrive. The film stars Chen Xixu and actress Gao Ye Gao, with Ren Suxi, Dong Bo, and Lou Yunfei also starring.
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