The Missing Gun

The Missing Gun (2002)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (179 ratings)

In this tense thriller, Ma Shan (Wen Jiang) is a Chinese police detective who awakes one morning after a night of heavy drinking at his sister's wedding reception to discover that his gun has been stolen. Since only police officers are allowed to carry firearms, Ma Shan is alarmed about the deadly… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Lu Chuan, Chaun Lu
Written By
Lu Chuan
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Jun 3, 2003 Wide
On DVD
May 4, 2004
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Richard James Havis, Hollywood Reporter

    Viewers who thought they were watching a comedy will be left scratching their heads when it turns into a mundane murder mystery.

  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times

    The busy direction is often too much at odds with the film and is unwarranted with an actor like Jiang Wen.

  • Louis Proyect, rec.arts.movies.reviews

    Offbeat film about a cop struggling for self-respect

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    At the film's core is a mystery that isn't intriguing...

  • Laura Clifford, Reeling Reviews

    The climatic revelation of who's responsible seems plucked from the air, but Chuan's theme of memory reconstructed from external eyewitnesses is intriguing

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