Nie yin niang (The assassin)
Crit
Beautiful young woman learns to kick seriously lethal ass but struggles with the ethical implications therein and with the recognition that she has become a pawn in a larger game. But the movie makes only half-million bucks in a month because it's in Mandarin and lacks exotic special effects.
To be fair, it's also narratively confusing, leaving much not only unsaid but even unhinted at, though to continue to be fair, the shifts in political loyalties, and the reasons for them, are clear enough, and are the nub. And it's gorgeous. Just don't go in expecting Katniss Everdeen.
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