Love and Bruises

"After stirring controversy at home, Chinese auteur Lou Ye tackles a fresh setting while retaining his gratingly pessimistic view of human relations (...) A raw, jagged, in-your-face study of the self-destructive bond between two lost souls" 

"Both Yam and Rahim have incredible screen presence, so it’s all the more unfortunate that their dialogues (...) often lean towards the ridiculous (...) [It] has neither the stylistic prowess of (...) 'Suzhou River' nor the political-emotional charge of 'Summer Palace'."