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Snakehead
Directed by
Evan Leong
Not Rated
2021
89m
Action
,
Crime
,
and more
5.2
71%
50%
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A Chinese immigrant get caught up in an international crime ring of human smuggling while attempting to make a better life for her family.
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Cast of Snakehead
Shuya Chang
Sister Tse
Jade Wu
Dai Mah
Devon Diep
Sinh
Sung Kang
Rambo
Celia Au
Jai
Perry Yung
Suhyun
Jamie Choi
Barbie
Richie Ng
Catherine Jiang
Snakehead Ratings & Reviews
Asian Movie Pulse
Grace Han
Leong does well to coordinate his moving parts into a smooth-running machine, even if it isn't a sexy one. "Snakehead" ultimately reads more like a book than it does a film: it leaves more to the imagination than what meets the eye.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Heartfelt ambition gives way to heavy-handed execution in this gritty crime thriller that tries to find a different angle to the immigrant struggle.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
The film is a good introduction to the general subject, but it pales beside the book's neck-deep inquiry.
That Shelf
Courtney Small
While Leong's examination of the human trafficking landscape is captivating, the film falters when it swims in the overly crowded pool of gangster films.
RogerEbert.com
Odie Henderson
Snakehead entices you with a lurid premise, but the empathy that shines through the cracks of its tough exterior is the real surprise.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The familiar crime story tells of a have-not rising through the ranks of organized crime but is given a new female twist.
New York Times
Beandrea July
"Snakehead" tumbles all too quietly under the weight of its ambition.
Cinema Crazed
Emilie Black
The film looks and sounds amazing with performances that pull the viewer to them and make them want to see what happens next.
Critic's Notebook
Martin Tsai
"Snakehead" impactfully depicts the clear and present danger facing the undocumented, making it painfully obvious that many of its contemporaries are works of white filmmakers far removed from the subject matter.
Latinx Lens
Rosa Parra
A decent watch that had the potential to reach a different level of engagement & thrill....
Variety
Richard Kuipers
Though it switches tone abrasively at times, and some story aspects feel a little too formulaic, "Snakehead" burns brightly when focused on the Faustian relationship of its formidable female characters.
IndieWire
Kristen Lopez
Because it's not saying anything particularly new, when it does fall into a gangster narrative, it has a vibrancy that you'll want more of.
The Hollywood Reporter
Justin Lowe
Leong adroitly captures both the vulnerability and the menace of a woman who finally takes control of her life after decades of victimization, delivering a taut crime drama...
What She Said
Anne Brodie
If your heart can take it, this is an incredibly raw and full experience.
In Review Online
Matt Lynch
This ultimately does not become a story of redemption or of justice, but of simple pragmatism, and the tiny acts of trust and kindness that ambition affords.
Age of the Geek
Jana Monji
Despite the deaths and beat downs in Leong's "Snakehead," this is a film about love and survival and the realization that sometimes these two things are incompatible in a desperate world outside of the model minority template.
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