"The Bullet Vanishes" AKA "Ghost Bullets" Promotional Poster
Last year, Chinese film distributor China Lion made great strides in releasing more Chinese-language films in North America by partnering with AMC theaters. Chinese Films reports that the company has acquired 5 films at the Cannes Film Festival with the express purpose of screening them in American theaters.
Granted, the hardest part of putting out foreign films in the West is securing enough screens to reach an audience – I’m not sure many people living in the Midwest even realized that Dante Lam’s The Viral Factor saw an American theatrical release last year. But it’s comforting to know that China Lion is making a profit by catering to the large amount of Westerners who are eager to pay money to see Asian films at the movie theater.
Some of China Lion’s acquisitions from Cannes include the Chinese mystery-thriller The Bullet Vanishes, starring Nicholas Tse and Lau Ching-Wan, and the Thai martial arts flick Rebirth AKA Bangkok Renaissance. If action isn’t your bag (but then again, why would you be on Cityonfire.com?), you can look forward to the Hong Kong sex romp Vulgaria and the Taiwanese romantic comedies Girlfriend Boyfriend and When a Wolf Falls In Love With a Sheep. Stay tuned to this spot for further updates, such as theatrical release dates, when they become available.
