Mainland China's most popular commercial director, Feng Xiaogang (
Be There or Be Square,
Big Shot's Funeral),
premieres his latest work,
A World Without Thieves! Wang Bo (Andy Lau) and Wang Li (Rene Liu), two professional thieves
who find their consciences challenged. Long partners in love and crime, the two thieves meet a country farmer named Xa Gen
(Wang Baoqiang) in a train station. The naive, honest Xa Gen is convinced that he lives in a "world without thieves", but
the very train he's boarding is proof of the contrary! Besides Wang Bo and Wang Li, legendary thief Uncle Bill (Ge Yu of
My
Dog, Cala! and
Big Shot's Funeral) is on board, and he and his men are ready to take Xa Gen's savings for themselves.
Uncle Bill is also determined to outwit Wang Bo - and he just might have his chance! When Wang Li decides to protect Xa Gen
from Uncle Bill's men, Wang Bo finds himself caught in the middle. Will he help Wang Li and oppose Uncle Bill? Or does he
have something else up his sleeve?
Unlike Feng Xiaogang's popular satirical comedies, A World Without Thieves is an idealistic motion picture mixing
a commercial storyline with an unparalleled collection of pan-Asian actors, including Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau, Taiwanese
singer-actor Rene Liu, Mainland star Ge Yu, Hong Kong actor Gordon Lam, and athletic Mainland actress Li Bing Bing. Besides
premiering successfully in Hong Kong, A World Without Thieves was a Mainland sensation, shattering box-office records
and further establishing Feng Xiaogang as China's leading popular filmmaker.
