Dark Matter

Dark Matter

  • Director: Shi-Zheng Chen
  • Writer: Billy Shebar,Shi-Zheng Chen
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: Mandarin, English
  • Release date: April 24, 2008
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: 鹽湖城校園事件
  • "Dark Matter" is a feature film directed by Chen Shizheng and starring Liu Ye , Aidan Quinn and Meryl Streep . It was released in the United States on April 11, 2008.
    The film is based on the Lu Gang incident that took place on an American campus in 1991. It tells the story of a 22-year-old Chinese student who came to the United States and turned from a kind and diligent academic genius to a brutal murderer who committed suicide after shooting four people.   .

    Details

    • Release date April 24, 2008
    • Filming locations Orem, Utah, USA
    • Production companies Saltmill, Janet Yang Productions, Myriad Pictures

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $30,591

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $8,701

    Gross worldwide

    $69,379

    Movie reviews

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    • By Effie 2022-07-12 20:35:00

      "Dark Matter" is a very Dramatic Movie

      In a lucky opportunity, Mr. Zhang played a movie called "Dark Matter" for us in Ma Yuan's class. Perhaps because I am not an international student, I didn't feel much in the first half of the movie. The editing rhythm left me with a lot of doubts. But with the development of the plot, the line of the script conveyed by the movie to the viewers became clearer and stronger, and the degree of empathy became stronger and stronger. I'm still wandering in the hallway of...

    • By Reyna 2022-04-23 07:04:45

      untitled

      I really feel that Liu Xing is too miserable. If he chooses to compromise or escape, maybe this tragedy will not happen. I think it is really difficult for a person to be too persistent... It will always seem out of tune with this world. Sometimes it is too naive and human nature. Maybe the jealousy in people's hearts is really scary. We often write in our essays, "We firmly believe that tomorrow will be better." But sometimes what happens makes us have to think whether what we believe in is...

    • By Jacklyn 2022-04-23 07:04:45

      so bad


            For Liu Ye and my favorite Aunt Meryl, I insisted on watching this film. Liu Ye's performance on the screen in recent years is really disappointing. It was a silly "Tough Guy" before, full of neurotic mantras (similar to "I represent the moon to destroy you"), compared to "What can I do to save you my lover" Or the gloomy evil (reiki?) in "Blood Romance" has disappeared. The most terrifying thing is that no matter how you look at it, that stupidity is all fake-compared to this "Dark...

    • By Monty 2022-04-23 07:04:45

      [Facts speak louder than words] Deep thinking brought by the "Lu Gang Incident"

      I think most of the reasons for Lu Gang's tragic ending should be attributed to the imperfection of China's education system.
        

          In foreign countries, the majors that high school students want to study after entering the university are decided by the students themselves, and they choose completely according to their own interests, that is, when he chooses this major himself, he already agrees with this major, It was his personal preference, and he chose it only when he was...

    • By Mariano 2022-04-23 07:04:45

      You have to follow unspoken rules when you go abroad

      The various shady scenes in the domestic academic circle are already well known. Various projects are approved, funds are received, and then a few professors play mahjong, and academic problems are left to the students.
       Going abroad seems to be about the same (except for ideals and aspirations).
       But what's the use of having ideals? The professor relies on you to make money. If you don't cooperate, what's the use of the professor keeping you?
      Doesn't the professor just play...

    User comments

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    • By Matt 2023-09-08 07:30:48

      Can't bear to look...

    • By Vito 2023-08-12 03:44:26

      What to say. . Hey. . Life itself is always more dramatic....

    • By Dee 2023-08-10 00:22:37

      It's not easy to study abroad and get a professor's degree, but because I didn't win the Nobel Prize, I picked up a gun and killed someone and finally cut myself off... How stupid! ! !...

    • By Jordy 2023-08-06 05:04:39

      (6.7) It is a tragedy when a paranoid student who does not understand flexibility meets a careful tutor. . . Although Liu Xing's way of life can be said to be completely incompatible with American society, which is also a major reason for his final collapse, but the final murder in the film still makes people feel very abrupt and has no foreshadowing. I really don't know. How did the director make such a sudden change. ....

    • By Kendall 2023-07-28 21:24:48

      I didn't think I was going to engage in dark matter when I saw it before, but now it's a tragedy, fortunately, guns are banned in...

    Movie plot

    Liu Xing ( Liu Ye ), a graduate student majoring in physics , went to a state university in the United States to further his studies. During his studies, he studied under the famous professor Jacob Reese. His diligence and outstanding talent quickly stood out among his colleagues, and won the trust and appreciation of Professor Reese. Among the many subjects, Liu Xing was fascinated by Dark Matter alone, and he threw himself into this...
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    Sundance Film Festival, "Dark Matter" is the first film worth watching among hundreds of films ("Los Angeles Times" review)  .
    "Dark Matter" is an unimaginably moving film that moved to tears ("Variety" review)  .
    "Dark Matter" is particularly deep, especially powerful ("Hollywood Life" review)  ....
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