Second viewing of day: #KillerConstable (Chih Hung-kei, 1980) an amazing late release from #ShawBrothers that presents a gritty, bleak picture of Qing era China and a justice system with no mercy wielded by the Chief Constable known for his bloody sword. #filmsky

A ★★★★½ review of Killer Constable (1980) State Violence Kuei Chih-Hung’s 1980 wuxia film „Killer Constable“ (萬人斬) represents a singularly sophisticated interrogation of juridical discourse within the Shaw Brothers’ martial arts corpus, deplo...

Through its systematic dismantling of the law/criminal binary, its foregrounding of structural corruption and class exploitation, and its refusal of redemptive closure, #KillerConstable articulates a thoroughgoing skepticism toward state power and its punitive apparatus.

Killer Constable (1980) ⭐ 7.0 | Action, Drama 1h 45m | Not Rated

Ich habe #KillerConstable (1980) auf #IMDb mit 9/10 bewertet.

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