Summaries

The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.

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.—Nick Riganas

Details

Keywords
  • husband wife relationship
  • murder
  • betrayal
  • noodles
  • salary
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Dec 10, 2009
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin China Hong Kong
Language English Mandarin
Production companies Film Partner International Xin Huamian Film

Box office

Gross US & Canada $190946
Opening weekend US & Canada $27330
Gross worldwide $504293

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 35m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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