Article: Madness at heart of `Dark Matter'.(Arts and Lifestyle)(Movie review)

Byline: JAMES VERNIERE

"DARK MATTER"

Rated R. At Kendall Square Cinema.

Grade: B+

A Horatio Alger fable gone violently awry, "Dark Matter" tells the truth-based story of a rural Chinese youth of humble origins who is sent to the United States to study physics as part of an exchange program for brilliant students.

If you're thinking this is not your average youth-orientedmovie plot, you're not alone. The film's protagonist, Liu Xing (acclaimed Chinese actor Ye Liu), is an innocent abroad.

Like his less-gifted peers, Liu lusts after American girls and has dreams of success and acclaim and imaginary shootouts on the fabled streets of America's Wild ...

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