Trailer
Summary
An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+18)
Critics 90Audiences 72GoodWatch 81
Tomatometer100%
Metascore80
Letterboxd · 31 K ratings3.8/5
Audience score75%
IMDb7.1
User score6.6
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −21 min on the typical 109
typical 10988Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2008
June 6, 2008
18 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Also spoken
SpanishEnglishMade in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 76
Charles JangMing Ding- JYJeng-Hua YuYoung
- WLWang-Thye LeeBig Sister
- JWJustin WanWei
- JHJeff HuangMa
- STShih-Yun TsouCollector #1
- JCJoe ChienCollector #2
- WLWaley LiuMing's Roommate
- EJEd JansenMing's Roommate #2
- DLDavid LiuMing's Roommate #3
Huang ShengyiMing's Cousin- EBEthel BrooksFirst Delivery
- VSVictor SallyFried Hard
Tanya PerezSecond Delivery- MGMaria GreenspanPortuguese Delivery
- SMSandra McCulloghMother with Children
- SMSharinee McCulloghRunning Toddler
- RMRenae McCulloughOlder Sister
- JCJavier CortesNice Tipper
- JPJ.P. PartlandHorn Delivery
Theodore BouloukosNo Speakee English- YAYessica AmadisSmoking Phone Woman
- PAPatrice A. DuffyNice Woman Delivery
- JPJames PriceHardware Store #1
Directing · 2
- Sean Baker Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound
- Tsou Shih-ching Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound
Production · 5
- Isil Bagdadi Executive Producer
- Michael Sergio Executive Producer
- Ed Jansen Production Assistant
- Badan Wong Production Coordinator
- Jonathan Lu Production Assistant
Camera · 1
- Kenny Pang Still Photographer
Sound · 1
- Rob Marshall Supervising Sound Editor
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Eva Huang Makeup Artist
Other crew · 2
- Chris Bergoch Thanks
- Elsa Lai Post Production Supervisor
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