The Bullet Vanishes

The Bullet Vanishes

2012 · 108 min · ZH · PG-13 · 6.4 (80 votes)
Dir. Lo Chi-Leung · Starring Lau Ching-Wan, Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung, Yang Mi, Wu Gang, Jing Boran, Gao Hu · Music Teddy Robin · The Vanished Collection
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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...

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A dark, atmospheric mystery unfolds amidst industrial grit and superstition. The film crackles with suspense as an unlikely duo navigates a series of baffling, bullet-less shootings, blurring the lines between the supernatural and the criminal.

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