Let the Bullets Fly

Quick, name the genre when a movie has guns, violence, train robberies, little towns run by corrupt officials, bandits, shootouts, and whores with hearts of gold. If you thought Western, then yes those would be elements in a typical western...but the film covered today is set in early 1900s China, "Let the Bullets Fly."
The protagonists are the leader of a gang of bandits, and a dude about to become a governor of a small town.  Their opponent is Chow Yun Fat as a notorious mob boss in charge of a tiny town. Thus instead of good vs evil, it's morally ambiguous vs more bad.  Along the way there are double-crosses, assassination attempts, horrible unjust deaths and the vengeance that comes along with it, extortion, Robin-Hooding, betrayals, more saddening deaths, and ultimately, a master plan to take down the crime boss that controls the fear-ridden little town.
Great pseudo-western Chinese film with dark humor that range from awkward chuckles to why-am-I-laughing-at-this?-this-shouldn't-make-me-laugh.

There was a lot of this going on too despite the fact this wouldn't be popular til thugs from the hood started doing it in the 80s-90s...