Mountain Patrol

2004 Other

Director: Lu Chuan

Starring: Ma Zhanlin, Zhang Lei, Suoman Bayingyixi, Ma Bayingyixi, Ma Fuzhong

Reviews

  • Extraordinary on many levels...because Mountain Patrol instead becomes what might be the first Chinese conservationist spaghetti western ever made.

    Ann Hornaday - The Washington Post

    19 January 2013

  • What is remarkable is that this film is based on a true story, and filmed on the actual locations. These are hard, violent men, risking their lives to save an animal species.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    19 January 2013

  • This largely non-verbal picture uses only as many words (spoken in Mandarin and Tibetan, with English subtitles) as necessary, and draws you in as surely as one of his characters, in an amazing sequence, is drawn into.

    - The Chicago Tribune

    19 January 2013

  • A fascinating film that also benefits greatly from the stunning scenery of the Tibetan plateau and from a quicksand scene that will leave you gasping.

    Ken Fox - TV Guide

    19 January 2013

  • Films about environmental catastrophes tend to wax preachy, putting pedagogy and scolding above art. This one, for all its sorrow and the throb of righteous anger it provokes (only about 50,000 antelopes remain), is more than anything a work of creative imagination.

    Manohla Dargis - The New York Times

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Best Director

    Beijing Student Film Festival (2005)

  • Chuan Lu

    Berlin International Film Festival (2005)

  • Best Cinematography

    Golden Horse Film Festival (2004)

  • Best Film

    Golden Rooster Awards (2005)

  • Best Asian Film

    Hong Kong Film Awards (2006)