mountain patrol represent kekexili be chinese director lu chuan second feature and set in the gorgeous titular tibetan plateau where tibetan antelope be and be still be poach and mercilessly shoot with their number dwindle from about a million to around 10 and 000 in the 1990s . this film be an effort to commemorate the selfless patrol job perform by one time civilian volunteer who act a natural reserve warden in that part of the country . sadly some of the face offs with the illegal poacher result in many of these patrol be kill and which the movie depict in shock detail . a the film end i find myself with mixed feeling towards kekexili represent mountain patrol . laud in many film festival and pick up a best film prize at the taiwan golden horse award festival and kekexili be very powerful thematically and and lu chuan make his point very saliently represent back in the 1990s and do mountain patrolling to help protect these endanger animal be a thankless task and not help by lack of manpower and fund and weapon . in a powerful scene where the patrol chief ritai speak to beijing reporter ga yu and the former confides that he have almost no help or money to support his effort . ironically he have to even sell the pelt to raise fund even though this be an illegal act . the patrols face uncertain death every time they confront a band of poacher and since they may readily be out gun or simply shot . this be what happen to two of the patrol member a show at the start and end of the movie . narratively and however and the film leave a little to be desire . the film be sparse and few incident pack it 89 minute run time while the movie often reveal itself as something a a travelogue guide to kekexili and although the cinematography be strike and beautiful . the pacing be lax although the editing be fast paced and give an odd tempo to the film . several scene might strike one a be more appropriate for a documentary represent indeed and be it not for the fact the film be re enact the 1990s effort at animal conservation and kekexili might well be make a a non fiction picture . take the scene where the patrol truck get stick in the river represent the patrol work together to get it out of the slush rut and it last several minute . in a documentary this might be interest with a voice over and but in a narrative film like kekexili and the scene appear head for nowhere in particular and merely extend the running time . also and amateur actor may be fine for certain scene and but they mostly appear unmemorable and faceless and it might not be surprise that the two professional lead be the one most readily recall at the film end . despite all these flaw and kekexili have three powerful scene which make watch it worthwhile all come in the late part of the film . one be the aforementioned dialog between ritai and ga yu and when lu chuan make his thematic point an hour into the movie . another occurs when one of the patrol sink and be engulf by a quagmire of quicksand . the last and most shocking come at the end when the chief be shoot for try to apprehend the poacher . it make the point very strongly that in number and in weaponry and the mountain patrol can not match these wealthy illegal poacher . kekexili come across finally a an impassioned and powerful even if flaw plea for the chinese government to up their effort to apprehend these offender . by the look of the beijing olympics 2008 and where the tibetan antelope be choose a one of the five mascot and lu chuan goal might be achieve already .