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2024 • Drama / Comedy • 141m

Article 20

"In the mundane, we seek hope; through justice, we guard this world!"

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Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people is turned into a legitimate defense.

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Lei Jiayin
Lei Jiayin
Han Ming
Ma Li
Ma Li
Li Maojuan
Zhao Liying
Zhao Liying
Hao Xiuping
Gao Ye
Gao Ye
Lu Lingling
Liu Yaowen
Liu Yaowen
Han Yuchen
Wang Xiao
Wang Xiao
Deputy Inspector Tian
Chen Minghao
Chen Minghao
Li Maoquan
Pan Binlong
Pan Binlong
Wang Yongqiang
Zhang Yi
Zhang Yi
Director Zhan
Fan Wei
Fan Wei
Liu Bingren
Yu Hewei
Yu Hewei
Wang Jian
Xu Yajun
Xu Yajun
Secretary Cao
Li Naiwen
Li Naiwen
Class Teacher
Jiang Qiming
Jiang Qiming
Lawyer Chen
Alan Aruna
Alan Aruna
Liu Wenjing
Yang Haoyu
Yang Haoyu
Zhang Guisheng
Xu Jingya
Xu Jingya
Yaya
Qiao Shan
Qiao Shan
Owner of the Commissary
Writer: Li MengProducer: Xiaobei CaoProducer: Li Chuan-LongWriter: Zhang YimouProducer: Pang LiweiDirector: Zhang Yimou

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CinemaSerf
2024-03-04
60%

The topic here is quite an interesting one. A CCTV camera captures a man being attacked and stabbed multiple times. The police apprehend the perpetrator, but as the hastily partnered prosecutors - "Han Ming" (Jiayin Lei) and "Liu Lingling" (Ye Gao) start to investigate, they discover that the victim was actually quite an odious creature who probably deserved his fate - despite the vocal protestations of his family. Meantime, the former is also having some family drama after is son "Yuchen" (Liu Yaowen) intervenes in a school bullying incident and finds himself faced with making an humiliating apology or a court-ordered detention. Poor old "Han" is now under mounting pressure from his bosses, his partner and from his rather strong-willed wife "Li Maojuan" (Li Ma). Juggling plates isn't really his forte, and for most of the drama we vacillate between the increasingly hysterical and bickering marital relationship that starts off quite funny but ends up quite grating, and a police investigation that ultimately has a political point to make about the voracity of Chinese justice to the audience. It does have it's moments, and at times I did feel a bit sorry for "Han" as his problems accumulate with no obvious solution for a man who just wants to get to his retirement in one piece. Otherwise, though, it's all a bit messy. The narrative doesn't really flow and it becomes just a but too much of a soap for me as it begins to run out of steam. It is watchable, and at times does raise a smile - but the stories are all just a bit too thin.

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Status
Released
Origin
CN
Languages
Mandarin
Studios
Beijing Enlight Pictures
Box Office
$337,554,287

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