A remake of Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1984 debut feature of the same name, award winning director Zhang Yimou’s Blood Simple (aka A Simple Noodle Story or A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop) transposes the story from small town Texas during the 1980s to the Gansu province of feudal era China, and transforms the Coens’ cult neo-noir crime movie into a period-set piece that begins as a slapstick farce before evolving into a riveting crime thriller.
The owner of a noodle shop in a small desert town, Wang is a miserable, ill-tempered, money-grabbing boss not averse to short-changing his workers whenever the opportunity arises. His dark moods and abusiveness have driven his wife into an illicit affair with Li, one of his employees, and provoked her into buying a gun believing that only Wang’s death can bring her the happiness she desires.
Aware of his wife’s infidelity and her plans to kill him off, Wang bribes a local patrol officer, Zhang, into murdering the two lovers while providing him with an alibi. But what looks like a perfect plan to Wang soon spirals out of control thanks to an unexpected double-cross that has all the players silently plotting against each other in twist-filled scenario driven by avarice, revenge and murder.
An inventive, original and totally off-the-wall remake of cult classic that somehow manages to remain true to the roots of the original, Blood Simple stars Sun Honglei (Blood Brothers; Mongol; Seven Swords), Yan Ni (Kung Fu Dunk) and Ni Dahong (Curse Of The Golden Flower).
Film: Blood Simple
Release date: 18th April 2011
Certificate: 12
Running time: 95 mins
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Sun Honglei, Xiao Shen-Yang, Yan Ni, Ni Dahong, Ye Cheng
Genre: Comedy/Crime/Drama/Martial Arts/Thriller
Studio: Momentum
Format: DVD
Country: China
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