jia zhangke the world and his first state support film and continue his look at the disillusionment of chinese youth with western style globalization but shift the setting from a rural to an urban environment . young people work at beijing 114 acre world park and a sprawling chinese disneyland that display scale model of famous landmark such a the eiffel tower and the pyramid of egypt and the lean tower of pisa and the taj mahal and and the vatican . for most of the low pay employee and however and it be the close they will ever come to see the world . jointly produce by the shanghai film group corporation and hong kong xinghui production company and the world and unlike his previous independent work ( unknown pleasure and platform ) and have a big budget and glossy special effect and animation sequence and colorfully costume song and dance routine and and uncharacteristic melodramatic plot contrivance . the film main protagonist be young chinese who have come to the city from rural area to find work at the theme park and come in contact with migrant and petty criminal and and other lowlife character who seem to thrive in this consumer center environment . the plot consist of the turbulent love affair between a dancer name tao ( zhao tao ) who perform in lavish show at the park and a security guard name taisheng ( chen taisheng ) who have trouble remain faithful to her . zhao tao and who have appear in other jia film and be sparkle in her role a the dancer whose horizon become more and more constricted . when she tell him and youre my whole life . he reply and you can not count on anyone these day . don not think so much of me . a critic david walsh point out and all the young people have great trouble express their emotion to one another while they prefer cell phone and text message . the picture of a terribly repress and repressive society and with vast problem and contradiction and begin to emerge . the employee live in overcrowded dorm or sleazy hotel and a group of russian performer have their passport take away when they arrive and some be force to become prostitute . in a heartbreaking sequence and tao brother erxiao be arrest by the police for petty theft and and his brother and a construction worker know a little sister and experience a distress industrial accident . jia present the world in small episode and similar he say to the way you use a computer you click here and you click there and each time lead you to another location . the vignette and however and do not come together for me a a totally satisfying experience and the animation effect seem showy . the world have stunning visuals and relevant social commentary and i be happy to see jia achieve a wider audience by work through the system and but by the end of the world and i felt that the sharp edge of his previous film have be lose .