Civic Theatre is out of control

In China, manufacturing just 50 grams of Meth will get you the death penalty, and Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) is in the magnitude of Walter White.   Choi, turned informant to save his own skin, has to work with Captain Zhang’s undercover team.   Forced to compress months of police work into just 72 sleepless hours, the increasingly desperate police are quickly stretched past their limits. As things spin wildly out of control, the line between duty and recklessness is blurred, and it becomes unclear whether the cop or the criminal truly has the upper hand.  Johnnie To’s masterfully directed Drug War  (Unrated) has been programmed to whet your appetite for the grand finale of Breaking Bad 3-days later.

On Friday – Sunday and cheap Tuesday, another Chinese master film maker, Wong Kar Wai, shows his skillful control of the medium in his telling of the life of Ip Man, teacher of Bruce Lee and legend in his own right.  The Grandmaster (Rated PG)  spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China’s last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.  

This isn’t the first time Fred Manzoni (Robert Deniro) has lost control and now The Family (rated 14A) is in witness protection in a sleepy town in Normandy France.

Drug War – Thursday. Sept. 26 – 7:30
The Grandmaster – Friday Sept. 27 – 9:15, Sat. 7:00, Sun. 1:00, Tues. Oct. 1 7:00
The Family – Friday Sept. 27 – 7:00, Sat. 9:00, Sun. 7:00, Tues. Oct. 1 9:00

Walter White is missing?  Maybe we’ll find him at the Civic Sunday at 9:30