Mountain Patrol

Name: Mountain Patrol
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: April 14, 2006
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Zhang Lei

2006

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IDP Distribution | Release Date: April 14, 2006 | Not Rated

Starring: Zhang Lei

Summary: Mountain Patrol: Kekexili is a film inspired by a people's remarkable mission surrounding the illegal Tibetan antelope poaching in the region of Kekexili, the largest animal reserve in China. The story is brought to the screen with great detail by director Lu Chuan. Set against the exquisite backdrop of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, ChuanMountain Patrol: Kekexili is a film inspired by a people's remarkable mission surrounding the illegal Tibetan antelope poaching in the region of Kekexili, the largest animal reserve in China. The story is brought to the screen with great detail by director Lu Chuan. Set against the exquisite backdrop of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Chuan tells the tale of brave local Tibetans who face death and starvation to save the endangered antelope herds from a band of ruthless hunters. (National Geographic World Films)… Expand

Director: Chuan Lu

Genre(s): Action, Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Tasha Robinson

Filmed in long, quiet takes across gorgeous, all-but-empty landscapes, Mountain Patrol feels more like Gus Van Sant's "Gerry" than like the cops-and-robbers thriller its plotline suggests. Read full review

David Ansen

This is a one-of-a-kind action flick: a tale of triumph tinged at every moment with tragedy. Read full review

Michael Phillips

This largely non-verbal picture uses only as many words (spoken in Mandarin and Tibetan, with English subtitles) as necessary, and draws you in as surely as one of his characters, in an amazing sequence, is drawn into. Read full review

Richard James Havis

It is a grimly exciting film that is picturesque and brutal by turns. Read full review

Premiere Ethan Alter

The result is a film that's almost unremittingly bleak, but also consistently compelling. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Other than raising awareness for endangered wildlife, Mountain Patrol: Kekexili doesn't have anything profound to say, but it has a lot to show. Read full review

Andrea Gronvall

The altitude, extreme cold, quicksand, and crushing poverty are potent dramatic elements, but of course there's no mention of China's complicity in the area's economic ills; instead writer-director Lu Chuan frames the story as a showdown between the head ranger and the leader of the poachers. Read full review

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beeanadou

Sep 8, 2020

An adaption based on true story, some of the characters are the true story of 1-2 people in real life. Simple but touching, people of my generation know the lone Wild Yak Brigade's story, and real death of the brigade's leader was much more heroic than the movie.

At that time, the generalAn adaption based on true story, some of the characters are the true story of 1-2 people in real life. Simple but touching, people of my generation know the lone Wild Yak Brigade's story, and real death of the brigade's leader was much more heroic than the movie.

At that time, the general republic didn't have much awareness to protect wild life or natural resources, as a little history settings, yet these people were doing what they believe was right. trivia:
A wildly told story was that, as the poachers would skin the antelopes alive, once, when the rangers arrived, they found a baby antelope tried to suckle the already-skinned,almost-dead mother's ****… Expand

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JohnG.

Sep 30, 2006

Monotonous, depressing, with little redeeming qualities except for some breathtaking cinematography.

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