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Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
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| Slant MagazineChris CabinAs depicted by Jia Zhang-ke, the balance between the spoils and moral rot of murder are far preferable to the debasing rigors of tradition and hollow nationalism. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonIn addressing the two-pronged beast of westernization / corruption, Jia gives us a multipronged and engrossing set of plots. |
| The SkinnyAlan BettThis major work is cinematic in scope but loses none of the provocative truth that defines Zhangke's oeuvre. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonIt's been banned in China for its savage criticism of that nation's economic and social policies. But its horrors look awfully familiar to us in the West, too. |
| Globe and MailJames AdamsEpic and intimate, A Touch of Sin finally feels as big and complex, as contradictory and sad as, well, China. |
| The NationStuart KlawansAlthough [Jia's] film is panoramic in settings and quasi-encyclopedic in styles, it unrolls as a single picture, sweeping, fluid and mesmerizingly clear. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsA Touch of Sin is humanist critique of the country’s turn to capitalism. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfIt's a strikingly shot picture with some genuine dramatic weight, but as an overall piece of understanding, the movie leaves too much obscured, keeping the viewer in the dark despite some incredibly intimate acts of deliberation. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA searing narrative that takes aim against the corruption and greed in The New China. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellFists are raised, pistols are cocked and knives are brandished in Jia Zhangke's dystopian and throbbing take on modern China. |