A Woman, a Gun And a Noodle Shop

– Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected,..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 35 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
Original Name:
三枪拍案惊奇
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009) - Also known as 三枪拍案惊奇

Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel, bloody but satisfying end… or so he thinks. The equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own. As the plot twists, more blood will flow, and ever greater violence will erupt…

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Release Date:

11 Dec 2009

Language:

Mandarin, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Yimou Zhang

Writer:

Zhengchao Xu (screenplay), Jianquan Shi (screenplay), Xiaofeng Zhou (story consultant), Ethan Coen (based on his screenplay for "Blood Simple"), Joel Coen (based on his screenplay for "Blood Simple")

Main Actors:

Honglei Sun, Shenyang Xiao, Ni Yan, Dahong Ni

Plot:

At boss Wang's traditional Chinese noodle shop, a colourful and exotic Persian trader of arms introduces the shop owner's wife to the weapons of the West, and consequently, to mankind's greatest invention: the handgun. As a result, the woman excited with her newest acquisition that kills instantly, a brass, triple-muzzle top-break revolver, naturally, she will need more, however, the loud noise of the firearms' demonstration will inevitably attract a brigade of the local police force who will drop by for an investigation. Soon, grouchy old miser Wang will find out everything about his double-crossing wife's affair with the Inn's mincing weakling apprentice Li, and as the corpses begin piling up, it's going to be every man for himself and all for Wang's crammed strongbox.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Gross profit:

$190,666

Production:

Sony Pictures Classics

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
Metacritic:
57%