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Rating: 3 out of 5 Original Title: I Kina spiser de hunde Release Date: 1999 Director: Lasse Spang Olsen Netflix Link IMDb Link |
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I do love a good heist movie, and In China They Eat Dogs has one of the most interesting capers I’ve seen. It also has one of the dumbest resolutions ever. If not for the ending, I definitely would have given it 4 stars, but no, they had to go and ruin it. I have no choice but to drop a whole star off of my rating because of the ending and it’s lucky to get that.
In China They Eat Dogs definitely had potential. It has a good cast, some moments of humor, and even some really big explosions and lots of gushing blood. It also has an an interesting snowball-effect plot where the every-man protagonist attempts to change his life and seeks help from his violent, criminal brother setting off a downward slide deeper into the hole they dug for themselves. Again, I say, if it hadn’t been for the atrocious resolution that, quite frankly, pissed me off, this would have been a good film, but as it is, it’s a fail. It is worth watching up until the last five to ten minutes though. I’d recommend just making up your own ending.
