Flaws are in the film not its reviewing

ON JULY 15, or two days after being released, a domestic film Akura: The City of Madness was withdrawn by its producers from cinemas, who claimed they were maliciously given bad reviews on film rating websites. Gmw.cn comments:

The producers only blamed the websites without explaining why they decided to withdraw the film, but obviously there are financial considerations involved. The producers boasted that Akura cost of 750 million yuan ($112 million) to make, but its ticket sales did not reach even 50 million yuan in three days. More importantly, on more than one rating website, it has been heavily criticized by many viewers who claim that it is "not interesting". Some have even asked whether it was a way to launder money.

When a film is a failure at the box office and gets panned by audiences, one would think that its producers would, first of all, think about the problems with the film. However, the producers of Akura have instead lashed out at the film rating websites, claiming there has been an "organized attack".