A World Without Thieves

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A World Without Thieves

2004

1h 52m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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A huge hit in China, this fast-paced drama follows a con man (Andy Lau) and his equally cunning girlfriend (Rene Liu), who head through western China after swiping a shiny new BMW from a gullible businessman. After a chance encounter with a carpenter (Ge You), a trusting young man who is traveling with his entire life savings on the inland bound train leaving Tibet, the couple decide to run a series of scams, with rather unintended results for everyone involved.

David Cornelius

DVDTalk.com

There's a terrific story under all of this -- if only Xiaogang could have found it.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 3, 2008

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Canted towards the intolerable.

Rated: 0.5/4

Jun 22, 2006

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Stina Chyn

Film Threat

A World Without Thieves is less comedic than Feng's 2001 film Big Shot's Funeral, but still carries the same kind of examination of human heart and soul (or lack thereof).

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 19, 2005

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Audience Member

Funny, action-packed, while remaining true to theme. Wonderful editting and acting all around.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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a good movie with different ways to interpret the message. a couple who are con artists and thieves find a mark on a simple man traveling with his life saving to another town. the character journey is what's important dorm this movie and you follow them along the decisions they make. its slow at times, the action sequences.are different but entertaining to watch. all In all a good movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

I appreciate this more after second viewing

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

An interesting genuine wuxia with modern thieves, filchering with the constraints of destiny, innocence and guilt. An old school pleasure with a new twist.terrific!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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This was just BAD! I liked Li Bingbing. She's hot as usual. Her character doesn't do so much, which is a shame. The story is just crap. It didn't have much of depth and substance. There was little of interesting characters. Some weren't very likeable and some were just pure annoying. Acting was terrible from the cast. There's a lot of fail in this, in fact there's some epic fail. This doesn't have much to be really excited about. There were some scenes that I liked a bit. When they tried filming fight scenes, they just shot too close and I couldn't tell what the hell was going on. This is just a silly film with very little enjoyment to be found.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

2 sets of thieves match wits and skills all on a very long train ride

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Feng Xiao-Gang

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Andy Lau

Wang Bo

Rene Liu

Wang Li

You Ge

Uncle Bill

Li Bingbing

Xiao Ye

Baoqiang Wang

Sha Gen

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Synopsis

A huge hit in China, this fast-paced drama follows a con man (Andy Lau) and his equally cunning girlfriend (Rene Liu), who head through western China after swiping a shiny new BMW from a gullible businessman. After a chance encounter with a carpenter (Ge You), a trusting young man who is traveling with his entire life savings on the inland bound train leaving Tibet, the couple decide to run a series of scams, with rather unintended results for everyone involved.

Director: Feng Xiao-Gang
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (DVD): Jul 24, 2007
Runtime: 1h 52m