- 2021
- Artsploitation Films
- 1 h 52 m
SummaryWorking family man and self-described movie-geek Li (Xiao Yang) is thrown into a battle of wits with the law after his daughter accidentally kills, and his wife hurriedly buries, a fellow student who had sexually molested her. The dead boy’s father is an ambitious politician, and his mother (Joan Chen) is La Wen, a steely eyed, morally corrupt po...
Directed By:Sam Quah
Written By:Kaihua Fan, Jeethu Joseph, Sheng Lei, Peng Li, Yuqian Qin, Weiwei Yang, Pei Zhai
Sheep Without a Shepherd
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73
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6.0
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Jul 27, 2021
85
Sheep Without A Shepherd is good fun as both an action flick and a heartfelt crime-thriller at the same time. In case you were wondering, the ending is fantastic, which is traditionally problematic for thrillers in general. It wraps everything up nicely and in a satisfying way.
Jul 27, 2021
80
A story like this can’t help seeming far-fetched at times but the emotional stakes are so high and the plot so pacy and intricately woven that most viewers will gladly suspend disbelief and enjoy a ride packed with hair-raising close calls and narrow escapes.
Jul 27, 2021
75
When Sheep Without A Shepherd goes big, it goes really big, both in terms of melodrama and directorial flair. Chen is delightfully wicked as the morally compromised chief of a corrupt and abusive police department, however, and the plot is engrossing enough to forgive the movie’s excesses.
Aug 1, 2021
70
Whether snarling behind shades in uniform or off hours in elegant dresswear, Chen is a rule-breaking hoot, never more so than when she’s gearing up to heap abuse on a near-tears little girl in order to break her.
Jul 27, 2021
70
Although the premise is undoubtedly far-fetched, Malaysian director Sam Quah succeeds in constructing the kind of tightly wound suspense piece for which disbelief can be suspended.
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Sep 1, 2021
6
So I read the reviews and the more I read the more familiar the plot sounded. So I watched it and I was right - its a straight up remake of Dryshyam! In fact, many of the scenes are a direct lift from that movie. Now if you have not seen either then PLEASE check out Dryshyam. A Bollywood movie from 2015 that is truly excellent and will redefine your expectations of what Bollywood is capable of! A super clever film with an outstanding lead performance by Ajay Devgn (going slightly against type). It's clever, well plotted and has an outstading twist at the end. In this original the female cop lead is played by the gorgeous Tabu - driven almost crazy by the loss of her appalling son and (I have to say) looking way less stunning in her dark glasses and IPS uniform! The play between the two is so smart - he's one step ahead and she's convinced he's guilty and is willing to go to any lengths to prove it. A smart film and totally entertaining from beginning to end. Please check it out (Hindi with ENglish subs is best) before watching this one - its much, much better. At least the film-makers credited Jeethu Joseph with the original story. Just like Let The Right One in - the original is the best!
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Production Company:
- China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
- Perfect Sky Pictures
Release Date:Jul 30, 2021
Duration:1 h 52 m
Awards
Golden Rooster Awards
• 8 Nominations
Youth Film Manual Annual Award
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Macau International Movie Festival
• 7 Nominations
