Dongji Rescue

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zhumm Great movie! History needs to be remembered! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/25 Full Review Paul Horrific acts of brutality rooted in recent history of World War II. Great acts of humanity by the Chinese and the British prisoners to fight the evil monsters of the Japanese navy. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/04/25 Full Review Hong M Fantastic portrayal of a heroic act and a forgotten chapter in history. The atrocities committed by the Japanese army was despicable but never condemned by the Western world. Every year we commemorate WW II, Japan was portrayed as a victim of the atomic bombs. Thats got to change! The Japanese soldiers were animals depleted of any human decency. They raced to kill Chinese civilians, raped women, and pregnant women, children as young as five!!! They also did biological experiments on POWs and civilians in China! Monsters!!! The truth needs to be told! Thank you for the courage and bravery of the creative force behind this film. Its inspiring to see people give their lives to save others. We hope to see more such films. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/25 Full Review MarkNYC64 This Chinese actioner tells the true story of fisherman from the small island of Dongji who took it upon themselves to rescue hundreds of British POWs being transported on a Japanese ship called the Lisbon Maru that was torpedoed by an American sub and was slowly sinking. With a 2 hour+ run time, there were a few movies wrapped into one: a familial drama between two fishermen brothers on the island (Yilong Zhu and Lei Wu) who were orphaned but were "from the sea," meaning they could descend into the water for long periods of time, which came in handy as they tried to rescue the Brits. There was an obvious escape adventure as well, not to mention war movie tropes as well as disaster movie overtones, mixed in with revenge thriller pacing. In order to cover up their violations of the Geneva Convention, the Japanese were going to not only let the POWs drown but were going to slaughter the inhabitants of Dongji Island as well with some brutal scenes of an entire family murdered when the Japanese colonel landed on the island. Some scenes were hard to watch but all in all it was a movie about resilience as strangers helped a grouped of fellow humans from another land who "looked different" because it was the decent and humane thing to do and not let other humans suffer. I was honestly not always sure exactly what was going on in certain parts of the movie due to the vagueness of the relationships among a few of the characters, but that did not detract from my enjoyment I was in tears at the end. The movie was capped off with interviews with the relatives of the survivors and rescuers from the actual event. Despite a slow start, but with nice scenes of lean, tanned, athletic Chinese fishermen (just look at that poster, will ya?!), the movie picked up the action as soon as the bad guys entered the scene. B Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/27/25 Full Review Chris L We all have to remember the history! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/27/25 Full Review Remy Dunkirk in the Pacific. Lots of over the top hero moments from main two characters but they had a awesome whirlpool scene that I hope Nolan can match in The Odyssey. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/26/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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