Right, well "A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop" (aka "San qiang pai an jing qi") is not exactly your average Chinese movie. So chances are that the movie may be a swing and a miss for people in the audience.
I had not heard about this 2009 movie from director Yimou Zhang before 2020, when I was given a chance to sit down and watch it. Needless to say that I took the chance, as I thoroughly enjoy Asian cinema. Plus, a movie that I haven't already seen is also a factor that will make me sit down to watch it.
Now, the storyline in "A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop" was a little bit weird, I will say that much. But oddly enough, I found that approach for the storyline to actually be interesting, because it set the movie aside from many other movies to make it from the Chinese cinema. At times, though, it felt like the movie was dragging on, as not all that much was actually happening throughout the course of the storyline.
The movie was actually nicely carried by the acting performances of Shenyang Xiao, Ni Yan and Honglei Sun - all performers that I wasn't previously acquainted with.
All in all, "A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop" managed to be slightly more than an average movie. It wasn't a masterpiece, nor was it utter rubbish. I am rating the movie a six out of ten stars.
I had not heard about this 2009 movie from director Yimou Zhang before 2020, when I was given a chance to sit down and watch it. Needless to say that I took the chance, as I thoroughly enjoy Asian cinema. Plus, a movie that I haven't already seen is also a factor that will make me sit down to watch it.
Now, the storyline in "A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop" was a little bit weird, I will say that much. But oddly enough, I found that approach for the storyline to actually be interesting, because it set the movie aside from many other movies to make it from the Chinese cinema. At times, though, it felt like the movie was dragging on, as not all that much was actually happening throughout the course of the storyline.
The movie was actually nicely carried by the acting performances of Shenyang Xiao, Ni Yan and Honglei Sun - all performers that I wasn't previously acquainted with.
All in all, "A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop" managed to be slightly more than an average movie. It wasn't a masterpiece, nor was it utter rubbish. I am rating the movie a six out of ten stars.