A broke van driver kidnaps a Singaporean woman and somehow makes it charming as hell.
The film tells of the attempts made by a Beijing van driver to obtain his wage arrears from travel agency boss even to the point of kidnapping the latter's Singaporean girlfriend (Jacklyn Wu).
Acting
Ge You's deadpan desperation is pure cinematic gold.
Writing
Feng Xiaogang turns wage theft into genuinely funny farce.
Direction
Balances social critique with rom-com sweetness somehow.
Director
Feng Xiaogang
Fu Biao
Ruan Dawei
Ge You
Han Dong
Han Tongsheng
Policeman
Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Liu Xiao Yun
Zhang Hanyu
Wei's Friend
He Bing
Wei's Friend
Wang Zhonglei
Wei's Friend
Sun Honglei
Drunk Man
Liu Wei
Mental Hospital Group Leader
Liu Bei
Massage Group Leader
Xu Fan
Mask Nurse
Ma Xiaoqing
Liu Xiaoyun (voice)
Ding Zhicheng
Policeman
Qin Yan
Traffic Police
Zhang Qiufang
Nurse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Feng's 'New Year Films' that defined commercial Chinese cinema after state studio decline.
Fu Biao was a real taxi driver before acting; his Beijing accent is documentary-real.
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