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- At first, this looks as if it's going to be a knockabout comedy with fisticuffs or a sentimental celebration of the good old days, and there are intimations of a father-son redemption movie or a moral drama with a climactic showdown. But it never quite hardens into predictability; it changes tack and dodges expectations, almost to the very last.
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The movie does a nice job of showing community life in the laid back old hutongs that still exist in Beijing and while the plot is a little slow it develops well. Since this film was designed to appeal to a domestic audience a lot of the nuance will be lost on foreigners.
Dec 23, 2015 · Mr. Six. Directed by Hu Guan. Action, Drama. 2h 14m. By Nicolas Rapold. Dec. 23, 2015. Mr. Six is a grumpy old fixture on his Beijing back street, ready to scold or shoot a withering look....
- Hu Guan
Chinese director Guan Hu's Mr Six is a comic, elegiac film that never settles into one particular genre or mood. Its central character is a former gangster, Zhang Xuejun (Feng Xiaogang) known as ...
Mr. Six is an interesting movie that subverts your expectations. It's advertised as, and the first 20 minutes plays exactly like, a riff on the Taken formula (i.e. old badass comes out of retirement to brutally wipe out the thugs who've f*cked with his family).
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- Huayi Brothers Pictures
- Guan Hu
Dec 24, 2015 · Movie review of “Mr. Six”: An aging, former gangster (Feng Xiaogang) with a serious heart problem is drawn into a protracted conflict when his son is taken prisoner by some of Beijing’s ...
Jan 6, 2016 · While the aged former crime boss of the title (Mainland director Feng Xiaogang) embodies a stoic, leathery toughness worthy of Eastwood, or prime Charles Bronson, there’s little of the physical heroic showmanship – save for perhaps a pinky-twisting or two – evident in this gangster tale.
Sep 9, 2015 · Guan Hu casts fellow director Feng Xiaogang as a peacekeeper who realizes just how little Beijing’s younger generation respects the old ways