man is his 50s is still full of ambition and energy Kam Chancellor Jersey , famous Chinese filmmaker Feng Xiaogang believes.
The 57-year-old has a number of works under his belt for which he has won the best director accolade at several Chinese film awards.
He recently demonstrated his youthful vigor by appearing before the camera in the titular role of new movie Mr. Six, directed by Guan Hu.
The role earned him the Best Actor at the Golden Horse Film Awards in Taipei.
The film was released on the Chinese mainland on December 24 and garnered a box office of 59 million yuan ($9.11 million) in a single day, which was considered disappointing against the backdrop of China's booming film market.
Yet, Feng's name will undoubtedly draw a large number of people to the cinema in the upcoming days.
The 137-minute film, although verbose, provides a handful of moving moments Doug Baldwin Jersey , with a crescendo of pain at the end.
Like Feng, Mr. Six is a Beijinger in his 50s. He is a former gangster who now runs a small grocery store in a lane house, but cares little about his own business.
Instead, he is more obsessed with other people's lives. He loves to solve other people's problems in return for their respect. In contrast to an indifferent society, he still believes in brotherhood and fraternity.
Mr. Six is such a seemingly respectable person that even policemen heed his principles, and he has a reputation that has won him many admirers.
However Earl Thomas III Jersey , his son Xiaobo (Li Yifeng) is unimpressed by his father's reputation, to the point that he runs away from home to escape the legacy.
The major plot line begins when Xiaobo is beaten up by Xiaofei (Wu Yifan), the son of a provincial official who believes Xiaobo is having an affair with his girlfriend.
In retaliation, Xiaobo scratches Xiaofei's Ferrari. Xiaofei then puts Xiaobo under house arrest. Mr. Six comes to solve the problem, but things don't go smoothly, and new problems arise.
In the end 12th Fan Jersey , Mr. Six and Xiaofei choose to settle the matter through a gang battle.
Feng Xiaogang does an excellent job delivering the title role through his eloquent Beijing dialect and an exact grasp of Mr. Six's complicated emotions.
Meanwhile, actress Xu Qing, who plays Mr. Six's lover Chatterbox, and a group of veteran actors who play Mr. Six's friends, all give great performances.
However, both Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan - part of a group of young handsome actors often referred to as "little fresh meat" in Chinese media - serve to pull audiences out of the story with their either rigid or exaggerated acting and poor articulation of lines.
The film also features some cameos by big names such as Jiang Shan and Tao Zeru that may also distract viewers from the film's story.