this propaganda be boring and predictable and and annoy . richard gere and with his loyal support of tibetan buddhism and hat china with a passion . however and his attack of the chinese judiciary system end up weak . the movie try to ridicule the chinese system one american hero ( gere ) and a chinese altruistic lawyer ( bai ) in a bland film . true suspense fan will find this movie predictable and boring . people who be try to understand the truth of the chinese system will find this one very biased . chinese audience will find this movie insulting because all but one chinese character be portray a barbaric and cruel and and malicious in this propaganda . this movie should be shovel to a back storage of a 49 cent rental store . it be not worth anyone but gere time to watch this pathetic one .