China The Bullet Vanishes is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
消失的子弹
One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding is violently killed in a game of Russian roulette. Half a month later, a series of inexplicable deaths takes place in the factory, where the victims are shot but no bullets are found. Rumors of a deadly curse begin to spread in the factory, terrorizing the workers there. So, eccentric police inspector Song Donglu and his hot-blooded, gunslinging partner Guo Zhui are sent in to investigate the mystery of the phantom bullets…
China × Hong Kong Co-Production
Other China×Hong Kong titles
Other Titles From JCE Movies
Action + Mystery in China
19 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Bullet Vanishes itself).
The 2011–2013 China Window
The Bullet Vanishes holds position #33 of 96 China films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Bullet Vanishes premiered alongside 29 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $111K per minute on screen and earned $1K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 29 other China films in 2012.
The 300th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
61 audience reviews — more than 68% of China films in our index.
Review volume (68th percentile) outruns trending popularity (49th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #589 of 946 China films indexed here (38th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #182 of 319 (top 57%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | JCE Movies |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | August 14, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2106741 |