A World Without Thieves | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: September 3, 2024
On September 3, 2024, Shout! Factory is releasing the Blu-ray for A World Without Thieves, a 2004 thriller from director Feng Xiaogang (Legend of the Black Scorpion) and Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau (I Did It My Way).
Two grifters, Wang Bo and Wang Li, a couple who’ve been arguing, board a train in rural China. He wants to fleece a peasant, nicknamed Dumbo for his naiveté, who’s carrying 60,000 yuan and trusts everyone. She wants to protect the hick kid, an act of expiation brought on by prayer and a visit to a temple. Also on board are one of more sets of thieves, including a calculating boss and his femme fatale. The boss wants to recruit Wang Bo, and a series of contests ensue, with the potential of turning deadly. While Li guards Dumbo from Bo and the others, can she and Bo sort out their relationship? And can Dumbo’s simple spirituality touch anyone else?
A World Without Thieves also stars Rene Liu Re-Ying (Run Papa Run), Ge You (Let the Bullets Fly), Li Bingbing (The Meg), Wang Baoqiang (A Touch of Sin), Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (The Four), Chapman To (Empty Hands), Gordon Lam Ka-Tung (White Storm 2) and Zhang Hanyu (Wine War).
Watch the film’s Trailer below:
Feng Xiaogang can make really enterataining movies but this one is not it. Wang Baoqiang’s character must be one of the most ‘tardiest characters ever to be put to film. Sure his character is a country bumpkin but what mentally challenged person gets on a slow train in China and screams i have money does anyone want to steal it