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A World Without Thieves

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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.

Critics Reviews

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David Cornelius DVDTalk.com 03/03/2008
2.5/5
There's a terrific story under all of this -- if only Xiaogang could have found it. Go to Full Review
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central 06/22/2006
0.5/4
Canted towards the intolerable. Go to Full Review
Stina Chyn Film Threat 12/06/2005
3.5/5
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). Go to Full Review
Film Threat 04/19/2005
3.5/5
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Audience Reviews

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03/07/2017 Funny, action-packed, while remaining true to theme. Wonderful editting and acting all around. See more 03/19/2013 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. See more 12/25/2012 I appreciate this more after second viewing See more 07/24/2012 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! See more 06/02/2012 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. See more 03/22/2012 2 sets of thieves match wits and skills all on a very long train ride See more Read all reviews
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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