On the Beat

Overview

Take crime out of police work, and what's left is procedures. In the western sector of Beijing, we follow the tedium of police officers. A rabid dog is loose in Guoli's beat: a gang of police officers hunts it down. Then, word comes from on high to pick up all the dogs in the sector: fear of rabies combines with the dogs' being status symbols of the nouveau riche. Occasionally a criminal is picked up: someone selling porn, someone running a three-card-monte game. Cops smoke, go to meetings, and hold trainings. They patrol on bicycles and enforce edicts. Guoli works nights. He's lazy at home, his wife wants him to do more. Is there any more to do?

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Cast

Li Jian

Li Jian

Liu Ying Shu

Liu Doudou

Liangui Wang

Wang Liangui

Chui To

Li Zhanho

Yang Guoli

Zhiming Zhao

Wang Xiaver

Shen Zhenou

Liu Jianjun