A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP (2009) - Mar. 5, 2011
Ah, now that's how you do a remake.  A remake of the Coen brothers' Blood Simple, only with the action transposed to 19th century China.  The film takes the main story beats of the Coens' film, and manages to do something pretty different with them (if by virtue of the setting and time period alone).  Featuring typically exquisite direction from Zhang Yimou, this was a seriously good looking movie.  It also managed to be pretty riveting throughout -- watching the various characters each deal with the situation at hand was quite enthralling.  ***1/2