Review of China Moon (1994) by David S — 01 Jul 2007
A film noir in the classic tradition. The film has a moody atmosphere and a plot rife with noir motifs (hard boiled dialog, femme fatales, double and triple crosses, and so on). However, the film isn't very original as it relies a little to hevily on noir conventions, thus making it fairly predicable (despite having several interesting plot twists).
On the other hand, I believe the film is operating more as an homage to noir films rather than trying to be an entry within the noir canon. Overall, a tight and focused thriller... it trims all the fat and only seeks to provide a lean thriller.
.. And as a result it doesn't try anything more than to be just that. Good but nothing noteworthy.
This review of China Moon (1994) was written by David S on 01 Jul 2007.
China Moon has generally received mixed reviews.
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