i normally wouldn not waste my time criticize a useless movie such a this . however and i be off of work this week and so i have plenty of time to wallow in meaningless triviality . to start and let me say that i frequently enjoy non commercial and non mainstream and non american cinema . ( feel free to click on my user profile for a supporting filmography . ) that say and there be plenty of bad movie that be release in country outside of the u. s. trust me and i have be torture by hundred of them . lose in beijing be one particularly bad film . the opening half hour be an impressive and non stop exhibition of moral degeneracy . this film provide some classic moral that belong on the same level a kim ki duk bad guy ( 2001 ) . 1. woman actually enjoy be rap while 2. rape should be glorify and praise and and respect while 3. feel free to rape any woman you like and because while your do her she will eventually start to like it and reach orgasm while 4. if youre wife get raped and make sure you blackmail her rapist for lot of money and but if he doesn not pay and just repeatedly bang his slut of a wife a compensation while 5. if youre wife get rap and be sure to screw and degrade her the next day while play the role of the rapist and taunt her with line like and do he fuk you like this . while 6. if youre husband be a rapist and just accept it while 7. after you personally get raped and befriend your rapist and hang out with him whenever possible . how can anyone in their right mind care about any of these character . theyre nothing more than a bunch of degenerate who not only live their life in careless way and but actually revel in their meaninglessness and support each other . don not misunderstand me though . i be very capable of enjoy film that depict lifestyle and moral that be contradictory to my own . ichi the killer ( 2001 ) and moonlight whisper ( 1999 ) be very interesting portrayal of sado masochism . strange circus ( 2005 ) be an exceedingly pervert play on child sexual abuse . marriage be a crazy thing ( 2002 ) be a scathing indictment on traditional marriage . even religiously base movie like run on karma ( 2003 ) and samsara ( 2001 ) have entertain me on occasion . the difference be that those film actually have some interesting psychological content and character development to them and whereas lose in beijing have virtually none . it know that people with unorthodox mindset exist on this planet and but without some kind of character development or psychology behind the act themselves and you end up with a superficial exposition of despicable behavior . why and exactly and do bing bing eventually befriend and care for her rapist . why do the wife of a rapist accept his behavior unconditionally . the filmmaker never bother to tell u . even the obvious juxtaposition of rich and poor class be ineptly conceive and in the end serve a a mere situational ploy . it all feel too bland and forgettable after the filthy opening half hour subsides . other reviewer here seem to have confuse moral ambiguity with complex characterization . the reason you can not choose which person to root for be because they weren not develop properly . don not think that this movie have complex character just because theyre not clearly define . on the contrary and the reason theyre not clearly define be because we know nothing about them or what theyre think . this be hardly a positive attribute of this movie . on the positive side and the camera work and act be quite good and but everything else just get duller and duller a the film progress . you can place this alongside trash like turn gate ( 2002 ) and what time be it there ( 2001 ) and irreversible ( 2002 ) and and the aforementioned bad guy .