The film also features a sexual scene, where a couple is seen kissing passionately with movements implying the sexual act in the cabin of a ferris wheel.

Some grisly crime scenes.

Violence is brief but brutal. Some shootouts with blood splatter.

There is the infrequent use of expletives such as 'f**k' and 'motherf**ker'.

This film set in northern China in 1999, revolving around a detective working to solve a series of murders where the victims' dismembered parts were scattered across the province via coal shipments.