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Movie Overview
Cast
• Duobuji
• Zhang Lei
• Qi Liang
Director
• Chuan Lu
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - Violence and disturbing images, brief sexuality and language
Kekexeli: Mountain Patrol (2006)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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3/4
"Ranks alongside Werner Herzog's Lessons of Darkness as one of the most succinct and distressing expressions of landscape in crisis."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B
"A fascinating oddity, marked by amazing locales and a narrative that continually subverts your expectations...the effect is hypnotic."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3.5/4
"Director Lu Chuan took his lumps by filming the movie on location in an inhospitable locale, but his decision to do so is validated by the final result."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

8/10
"Moby Dick with a progressive spin."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

9/10
"[It's] austere, unsentimental, morally complex, and grimly realistic..."  Twitch  Josh Ralske

B+
"An ode to the great sacrifices that often accompany the will to do the right thing."  Projection Booth  Rob Humanick

3.5/4
"An astonishing, fact-based story of sacrifice and courage in one of the world's most forbiddingly beautiful regions, Kekexili: Mountain Patrol exerts an almost mythic hold on your attention."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight

4/5
Read review  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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