Despite its plot flaws, I liked this subversive Chinese film that examines the new class structure that is emerging in the new China. Bronwen did not like it. A 17-yo country lad, Gui, comes to Beijing to make his way in the new world order. He gets a job as a bicycle messenger and has to work to pay for the bike. It’s stolen and bought second hand by Jian, a young urban student whose parents have failed to provide him with the bike they’ve been promising and that he “needs” to be a real player with his mates and the ladies. Therein begins this disturbing tale of violence, abuse, and class hierarchy. An interesting look at a part of China that is outside official law in practice and profoundly discriminatory towards the new rural-to-urban migrants