Name: Tian sheng dan xiao
Genre: Crime
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: You Ge, Yuanyuan Li, Tian Liang

Not as dull as dish water, but not tasty soup either

The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Natural Born coward.

This classification of this movie should be crime/comedy is more proper, though it remains a question whether it was the original intend of the film crew to make it a comedy or not.

The three crimes were loosely based on the truth crime that really happened, and the film crew put them together for the story.  Originally, the real cops who solved these crimes would probably be offended by the protagonist in this movie, but the accidental comic effect would certainly mitigate such impression.

In short, this movie is better than Minjing Gu Shi made in the same year, but not too much better, so it is not as dull as dishwater, but not tasty soup either.

Mandarin-language cinema across Mainland China, Taiwan, and Singapore explores historical reflection, cultural identity, and personal sacrifice, often expressed through poetic visuals and sweeping narratives. In Mainland China, this takes the form of allegory and large-scale epics that reflect on national history. Taiwan emphasizes intimate modernist realism, generational change, and the search for identity. Singapore contributes stories of migration, multiculturalism, and the negotiation of tradition in a globalized city.

The crime genre features criminal activities, investigations, law enforcement, crimes, and the pursuit of justice. Crime stories often revolve around the planning, execution, and consequences of criminal acts, as well as the efforts to solve and prevent such acts. They explore various aspects of criminal behavior, motives, and the moral dilemmas faced by both perpetrators and those seeking to uphold the law.

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A police officer is injured in a riot and asks to be transferred. The precinct director says first the officer must solve 3 pending cases.

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