The Killing Performance 戏杀 China, 2024, colour/b&w, 2.35:1, 129 mins. Director: Niu Zhaoyang 牛朝阳. Rating: 6/10. Traditional period whodunit, with suspects seated round a table, looks good but is too long and over-twisty. STORY Zichou city, somewhere in China, during the late 1920s/early 1930s. One evening, policeman-turned-private detective Man Tianfu (Jia Bing) is summoned by … Continue reading Review: The Killing Performance (2024) →
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