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A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2010) - Movie Details

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Release Date: September 3, 2010 (Limited)
On DVD: February 1, 2011
Genre: Comedy, Foreign, Suspense, Crime
Director: Zhang Yimou
Writer: Xu Zhengchao, Shi Jianquan
Cast: Sun Honglei, Xiao Shenyang, Yan Ni, Ni Dahong, Cheng Ye, Mao Mao, Zhao Benshan
AKA: San qiang pai an jing qi
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Running Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some violence

"A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop" is a remake of the 1985 directorial debut of Joel and Ethan Coen, "Blood Simple." Zhang Yimou ("Red Sorghum," "To Live," "Hero," "House of Flying Daggers"), one of the most eminent directors of the "Fifth Generation," transposes the Coen Brother's celebrated mix of dark humor and riveting suspense to a noodle shop in western China. This black comedy thriller is an exposé of how intense desires can...

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If you were disappointed the Coen brothers went mainstream with True Grit, there's always A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, a Chinese remake of their first feature film Blood Simple. Unfortunately, the movie is just a little too strange, weird and surprisingly dull for most American audiences.

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