MR. LONG World Cinema

Mr. Long is a Taiwanese hitman so stealthy he can bring down a roomful of opponents using just a six-inch blade. But when an assignment in Tokyo goes sideways, leaving Mr. Long injured and in need of a quick escape, he hides out in a rundown part of the city. Amid the atrophied shanties, Mr. Long befriends a young boy and his mother, a former prostitute and drug addict. So begins a moving relationship that will change the heart of this hardened assassin. An audacious alchemy of badass crime thriller, poignant melodrama and sly comedy, and featuring a hypnotic and near-wordless performance from Taiwanese star Chang Chen, MR. LONG is a work of deft genre filmmaking with a deep soul. – Beth Hanna