Gone with the Bullets
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| Traditional Chinese | 一步之遙 |
| Simplified Chinese | 一步之遥 |
| Literal meaning | A step too far |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yībù zhī yáo |
| Directed by | Jiang Wen |
| Written by | Jiang Wen Guo Junli Wang Shuo Liao Yimei Shu Ping Yan Yunfei Sun Yu Sun Rui Yu Yanlin |
| Produced by | Ma Ke |
| Starring | Jiang Wen Ge You Zhou Yun Shu Qi |
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Running time | 140 minutes 118 minutes (International) |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | 300 million yuan (US$48.8 million) |
| Box office | US$83.33 million |
Gone with the Bullets (Chinese: 一步之遥) is a 2014 Chinese action comedy film directed by Jiang Wen. It stars Jiang, Ge You, Zhou Yun and Shu Qi. Production started on location in Beijing at the China Film Group studio in Huairou on October 2, 2013. Production wrapped before the Chinese New Year holiday. The film was released on December 18, 2014. A version, which was 22 minutes shorter, was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.
This film is the second part of Jiang Wen's gangster Beiyang trilogy with Let the Bullets Fly and Hidden Man.
The film was named 2014's "smokiest movie" by an anti-smoking group in China, featuring 45 smoking scenes in all, equivalent to someone smoking every 3.1 minutes.