When ex-con Lang and a black dog strike up an unlikely friendship, even those with ambivalent feelings towards pooches will likely find something to connect with in this soulful, deftly understated film.
"Before shooting, especially with Xin, every day I started spending a few hours with her. I had to make sure she could really trust me," Eddie Peng told the Irish Times. Black Dog begins, somewhat unusually, with an avalanche in the Gobi Desert. As the opening shot pans around the arid slopes, affixed to a speeding bus, a torrent of wild dogs tear across the frame and tumble down towards the road.
Swathes of the town now lie in ruins, waiting to be converted into office blocks and apartment complexes. Household pets soon fall victim to a broadening crackdown, accompanied by accusations of black-market dealings. Lang is reluctantly conscripted into dog-catching work, where he ends up sabotaging orders.
There's a faintly Looney Tunes quality to the attempted assassinations carried out by the Butcher's cronies; even when cornered at the end of a bungie jump cord, Lang manages to wriggle out of their clutches. Off-screen, he's able to dispatch of enemies with action-star efficiency. John Wick comparisons are quick to come to mind.Wes Anderson, of all filmmakers, appears to be one of the film's most apparent visual influences.
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