After facing the wrath of the government’s film review board*, director Ning Hao’s road thriller, “No Man Land,” will be screened on December 3, over three and a half years after it was set to be released.

    While originally finished in April 2010, “No Man Land” was disapproved by Zhao Baohua, member of the film review board of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT). Zhao alleged* that the film was “trash” and its depiction of depraved* individuals was not on a par with* reality. Zhao also took a shot at Ning directly, saying that the director had forgotten about the social responsibility of being an artist, adding that the movie reflected Ning’s narcissism*.

    Ning, who is busy shooting his new film in Yunnan Province, has yet to respond to the news. However, actor and star of “No Man Land,” Huang Bo, expressed his excitement for the film’s Chinese debut by uploading an image of the movie’s promotional poster on his Weibo account on October 14. Huang added that he will have a shaved head in the film and that he was “exchanging” hairstyles with fellow actor and “No Man Land” co-star Xu Zheng, who often acts in a style of being bald.

    The film tells the story of the main character driving a car to the west and meeting up with various people and experiencing different stories. Behind the story, audiences can see in-depth themes of man’s nature as being a social animal.(SD-Agencies)