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     Yesterday I finally got a chance to watch the 2023 Crime Drama by Zhang   
   Yimou.  I really like Yimou's films (My favorite is still The Road Home).   
      
     Under The Light is a Chinese crime drama starring Lei Jaiyin and Zhou   
   Dongyu.  Jaiyin plays a meidocre Chinese Police Offier who has had an   
   lackluster career, dreams of being a Policeman for the people.  Is   
   investigating the bombing of a city bus that looks like it was aimed at   
   assasinating his father who is a Deputy Mayor of their city Zheng Gang (Zhang   
   Guoli).   
      
     The investigation not only uncovers past shady dealings between his father   
   and Corrupt Businessman Li Zhitian (Yu Hewei), but the shocking origins of his   
   adoption.  Even though he must face the fact that his father is corrupt, he   
   pushes through to see that justice is done, for the people!   
      
     Zhang Yimou has always had a facisnation with capturing vivid color, and   
   experimenting with playing with light in his films.  Under The Light took this   
   to an extreem, with oversaturated neon themes of the Chinese urban life.  To   
   the point of distraction.  Filmed purely in digital, gone was any sort of   
   grain or matte that would lend an artistic look to his filmography.   
      
     While I was looking forward to how a criminal procedure drama in China would   
   be handled, where the outcome is largly driven by politics, the muddy story   
   line was confusing to follow at times.  There is a point where following plot   
   twists become too cerebral.  It did not help that the subtibles for my print   
   were often times too small, and inside the picture instead of the letterboxing   
   and got washed out by the overuse of urban lighting to read at times, did not   
   help the situation.  There definately was quite a bit of propaganda thrown in   
   letting you know that in China, corruption and bourgeoisie lifestyle will   
   always be rooted out and crushed by the collective "PEOPLE".     
      
     The movie was not terrible, but not one of my favorite Yimou works.  If you   
   enjoy watching Chinese or foreign films it is a good watch, but not something   
   I would rave about.   
      
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