![]() ![]() Screenwriters: Lan Xiaolong, Huang JianxinĪdmittedly the COVID outbreak put a crimp in alleged plans for an American crew to contribute in China, but not even war movie pros would have been able to do much with the execrable English dialogue. There are no onscreen English credits, as if no one expected anyone outside the People’s Republic to watch.Ĭast: Wu Jing, Jackson Yee, Hu Jun, Zhang Hanyuĭirectors: Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam Reported to have a Marvel-size $200 million budget, the film ticks all the boxes expected of a rousing slice of nationalist entertainment (it’s not even trying for soft power) that’s directed squarely at domestic Chinese audiences. 1 release timed for China’s National Day holiday, making it the biggest box office hit of 2021 in any market. The monster blockbuster has racked up nearly $900 million since its Oct. If it stayed semi-realistic, this could have been good.Historical fact goes out the window in favor of propagandist myth-making in the Chinese war epic The Battle at Lake Changjin. ![]() The best war scene happens quite early with the soldiers faking dead on the dry river bed. The film is using a lot of slow-motion action. ![]() I would compare this to Pearl Harbor without the romance. It's a political slant to sell to the Chinese public. Otherwise, the Americans are mostly arrogant, fat, and throwing up his breakfast. There is one heroic competent war leader. Something similar happens to the American characters with one exception. It's like a WWII mass bombing raid except it's utter chaos. It's insane how many planes are in the sky on their bombing run. There is more chance of them flying into each other than bombing the right targets. Somebody gets CGI happy and puts in a sky full of American fighter planes. There is a definite deliberate slant to its views but it's not overtly wrong. The Americans would call it, the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. ![]() They would confront the Americans at Lake Changjin. Chinese leader Mao decides to answer the provocation and sends in the PLA. The politically ambitious warmongering American military leader Douglas MacArthur insists on bombing Chinese border locations to cut off supplies and retreat for the North Koreans. American forces have landed at Incheon and driving north towards the Chinese border. ![]()
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