"Chinese Doctors" is perhaps a prime example of a respected filmmaker directing with one hand tied behind his back.

Shameless, tacky exploitation. It's a movie where people do perky group dances together in an overcrowded hospital while patients are dying around them. [And] a doctor yells jubilantly to COVID-19 patients, 'We'll get everyone cured as soon as possible!'

It is hard to shake the impression that [Lau] was stuck awkwardly between embracing the official narrative and dreaming up tear-jerking scenarios that inspire audience catharsis.

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