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SHADOW

Directed by Yimou Zhang

China, Hong Kong, 2018, 1h 56min, DCP, In Mandarin with English Subtitles

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There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

With SHADOW, director Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) once again pushes the boundaries of wuxia action to create a film like no other, masterfully painting a canvas of inky blacks and greys punctuated with bursts of color from the blood of the defeated. In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a “shadow”, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.

REVIEWS

“A martial-arts movie landmark, as strong in its performances as it is spectacularly novel in its violence… The convolutions of court intrigue are head-spinning enough. Once the action scenes begin, though, they bring with them a new level of exhilaration. Just when you believe the movie can’t get any crazier, it does, interrupting the gray world with shocks of dark red.” – Glenn Kenny, New York Times (Critic’s Pick)

“Every supremely controlled stylistic element of Zhang Yimou’s breathtakingly beautiful “Shadow” is an echo of another, a motif repeated, a pattern recurring in a fractionally different way each time.” –Jessica Kiang, Variety

“This is probably the most stunningly beautiful Zhang has made to date.” –Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter

 

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