Jian Bing Man

Jian Bing Man

2015 · 113 min · ZH · 5.2 (59 votes)
Dir. Dong Chengpeng · Starring Dong Chengpeng, Yuan Shanshan, Liu Yan, Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Yue Yunpeng
ActionComedyDrama

Beijing, the present day. Popular TV personality Da Peng is invited by gangster businessman Wang Hai to make a film in which he will invest. Wang insists that Da Peng's co-star is TV drama actress Du Xiaoxiao. However, after a nightclub scandal involving Da Peng goes viral, he's blackballed by a powerful internet executive and finds himself unable to attract any male co-star. Wang also wants his investment back. Da Peng decides to make his own movie on the cheap, using a script he has about an alien, A Li, who arrives on Earth and has various adventures as a superhero.

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A whirlwind of absurd humor and surprisingly earnest heart. This film feels like a chaotic, joyous love letter to filmmaking itself, bursting with energy and unexpected sincerity. It's a wild ride that champions the underdog spirit.

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