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‘Cliff Walkers’: Zhang Yimou’s Riff On James Bond Is Perhaps His Most Restrained Film Yet [Review]

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With its spies, secrets, and super-secret code names, Zhang Yimou’s “Cliff Walkers” is seemingly the Chinese director’s version of James Bond.

But that’s where the comparisons end. While the Bond films are sexy, suave, and aimed-at-your-heart, Yimou’s film is cold, distant, and aimed-at-your-soul, trading thrills for a mystifying moodiness.

READ MORE: Summer 2021 Preview: Over 50 Movies To Watch The film is based on a script by Quan Yongxian, who spent three years researching spycraft.

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