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Zhang Ruis lead performance is a ninety-minute masterclass in wooden self-pity: every line lands with the thud of a cold read, the same glazed puppy-eyes deployed whether hes confessing betrayal or ordering take-out. His soon-to-be ex-wife shows more life in her exit than he manages in the entire film, and the handful of bit players appear to have been kidnapped from a mall food court and forced to recite dialogue at gunpoint. The script mistakes fortune-cookie clichés for soul-searching (Freedom is just another cage) and recycles them until the words lose all meaning, while the plot drifts from tent to lake to convenience store without ever discovering why anyone should care.
Kang Ruining, wearing the triple crown of producer, director ...