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Black Coal, Thin Ice
Directed by
Diao Yinan
Not Rated
2014
1h 46m
Drama
,
Crime
,
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6.7
96%
61%
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An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.
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Cast of Black Coal, Thin Ice
Liao Fan
Zhang Zili
Gwei Lun-Mei
Wu Zhizhen
Wang Xuebing
Liang Zhijun
Wang Jingchun
Rong Rong
Yu Ailei
Captain Wang
Ni Jingyang
Su Lijuan
Diao Yinan
Director / Writer
Han Sanping
Producer
Shen Yang
Producer
Wan Juan
Producer
Black Coal, Thin Ice Ratings & Reviews
Floating World
Dustin Chang
Diao's China, the Beijing Olympics still 4 years away, is still very much provincial ("Who brought in a horse in my apartment?"), yet fast changing and cold-hearted. The film announces the arrival of another major auteur in Chinese cinema.
Asian Movie Pulse
Panos Kotzathanasis
"Black Coal, Thin Ice" is a great art-house noir that thrives on both contextual and visual level, with the awards it received being utterly justified.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Bleak but superbly moody, Diao Yinan's Black Coal, Thin Ice is an exciting homage to classic American film noir from a completely unexpected source, and much more intelligent than the simplicity of its title indicates.
Bay Area Reporter
David Lamble
Kudos for a truly brave performance from lead actor Liao Fan.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jim Brunzell III
Writer/director Diao Yinan's brilliant and beautifully stylized Chinese noir transfixes the viewer with its cynical cops, hazardous settings and a mysterious aura of days gone by before delivering a devious denouement.
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
Black Coal, Thin Ice is a painstakingly deliberate neo-noir, heavy on atmosphere and taking its time to build.
Los Angeles Daily News
Bob Strauss
Moments of shocking violence, a passive/aggressive femme fatale and hints of psychological depth don't do much to goose the TV cop show plot.
Movie Mezzanine
Tom Clift
A masterpiece of framing and composition, Diao Yinan's Black Coal, Thin Ice is a rare kind of film in which no shot feels unconsidered or out of place
The Film Experience
Glenn Dunks
[I]mbued with a wicked sense of humor that allows its more dark and gruesome elements to never suffocate the viewer ... [with] a final sequence that will likely go down as the best film ending of the year.
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