Chan is Missing

Chan is Missing (1982)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (555 ratings)

This thriller about a $4000 robbery was successfully lensed by writer/director Wayne Wang on a budget of $22,000. Cabdrivers Wood Moy and Marc Hayashi are robbed by the elusive Chan Hung (whom we never see in the film). As Moy and Hayashi track down the thief, Wang offers indelible images of the… More

R, 1 hr. 20 min.
Directed By
Wayne Wang
Genres
Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 4, 1982 Wide
On DVD
Jan 24, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Every element in the movie illustrates its underlying concerns: identity and assimilation among Asian-Americans, sociolinguistics, and what one character in the tale describes as "cross-cultural misunderstandings."

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    what develops isn't a mystery, but rather a look at the city from the inside out.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    By no means great, but an astonishing achievement for $20,000.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A delight.

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