Snakehead

Name: Snakehead
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 29, 2021
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Amy Tsang, Branden Smith, Burton Perez, Celia Au, Cherry Fu

2021

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: October 29, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Amy Tsang, Branden Smith, Burton Perez, Celia Au, Cherry Fu, Devon Diep, Eric Elizaga, Jade Wu, Jamie Choi, Kelly Alejandra Cantoral, Perry Yung, Sandra Eloani, Shuya Chang, Sung Kang

Summary: Sister Tse comes from China to New York via a human smuggler known as a snakehead. She gains favor with the matriarch of the crime family and rises the ranks quickly, but success isn’t the only reason she came to America. Sister Tse needs to reconcile between personal success and her family.

Director: Evan Leong

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Oct 29, 2021

Snakehead entices you with a lurid premise, but the empathy that shines through the cracks of its tough exterior is the real surprise. Read full review

IndieWire Kristen Lopez

Sep 27, 2021

There’s far more of Snakehead that works than doesn’t, and Leong shows a serious flair for crime dramas. Together with Chang and Wu, the talents of the film are for an electric trio, including stars worth watching and a director very much on the rise. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Oct 29, 2021

The decision to avoid having the characters speaking Chinese saves the trouble of subtitles but it also makes the drama feel generic, another pulpy sub-Scorsesian urban nightmare with episodes of spastic violence, the constantly throbbing soundtrack, the use of slow motion, and wide-screen, colour-saturated camera work. Read full review

Kate Taylor

Sep 27, 2021

Leong’s documentary realism is powerful – if tough on an audience – but his fiction skills are erratic in a film that relies too heavily on Sister Tse’s narration, much repeated flashbacks and heavy exposition of the characters’ motivations. Read full review

Beandrea July

Oct 28, 2021

Wu plays Dai Mah with a no-frills abandon that often makes her feel like the film’s protagonist, but even her performance can’t overcome the narrative missteps. Read full review

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