Crazy Racer

Crazy Racer
Crazy Racer
Traditional	瘋狂的賽車
Simplified	疯狂的赛车
Mandarin	fēngkuáng de sàichē
Directed by	Ning Hao
Written by	Ning Hao
Starring	Huang Bo
Distributed by	China Film Group
Release date	20 January 2009;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	China
Languages	Standard Mandarin, Various Mandarin dialects, Hokkien
Box office	over ¥100 million (US$15.9 million)

Crazy Racer, also known in some countries as Silver Medalist, is a 2009 Chinese black comedy movie directed and written by Ning Hao, filmed mostly in the southern coastal city of Xiamen, China.^[2]

Plot[]

The plot follows four seemingly separate stories that intersect and converge at points throughout the movie. It begins with the protagonist, Geng Hao losing first place in a cycling race and subsequently being tricked into sponsoring an energy drink containing illegal performance-enhancing substances by corrupt businessman Li Fala which causes him to forfeit the winnings from his silver medal. Disgraced and outlawed from ever participating again in the sport, Geng Hao's coach suffers from a heart attack, prompting Geng Hao to seek retribution from Li Fala, who he believes is the cause. In the process of obtaining the money for his coach's funeral, Geng Hao crosses the paths of local criminals, perpetually confused policemen and Taiwanese gangsters.^[3]

Cast[]

Huang Bo
Jiu Kong
Rong Xiang

Reception[]

The film garnered mostly positive reviews from the Chinese press although it has remained relatively unknown outside of mainland china.^[4]

Perry Lam of Muse praises Ning Hao's direction: 'the movie leaps from scene to scene with such an athletic deftness and comic inevitability that the many unlikely curves and switches in the plot and the same setups feel almost like the machinery of fate.'^[5]