Movie

The Bullet Vanishes

2012 · 108 min

A moody, rain-soaked detective mystery with eerie deaths and a slow-building sense of dread, punctuated by bursts of gunplay.

Overview: One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding is violently killed in a game of Russian roulette. Half a month later, a series of inexplicable deaths takes place in the factory, where the victims are shot but no bullets are found. Rumors of a deadly curse begin to spread in the factory, terrorizing the workers there. So, eccentric police inspector Song Donglu and his hot-blooded, gunslinging partner Guo Zhui are sent in to investigate the mystery of the phantom bullets...
How it feels: Tense, eerie, dark and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, corruption, power, justice
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
corruption
power
justice
death
Places: workplace
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
procedural
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none