The Battle at Lake Changjin

Released Nov 19, 2021

2 hr. 56 min.

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Drama

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The story takes place in winter, 1950. In the freezing cold Changjin Lake region, a bloody battle between the United States and China begins. Faced with the harshest conditions of extreme cold, lack of rations and vast difference in weaponry, the Chinese troops forge ahead, fearless and determined. They successfully blow up the Shuimen Bridge, making the most critical victory in the War to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.

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It is a carefully crafted movie to show the brutality of the bloody war and desire for the Chinese to fight for peace by standing up against Americans. On movie making itself, the battle and story telling are pretty real and awesome. But Sorry for Americans, you have to learn Mandarin (Chinese) to truly understand and appreciate the movie. To be fair, the movies also showed heavy casualties on Chinese side and mighty fire power on the American side as well. Excellent movie and Kudos to Wu Jin’s acting and directors’ master of movie making.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/06/21

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JW

Entertaining. Battle scene too long. Great propaganda for PLA. Not true story however.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/07/21

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One of the worst Chinese war movies, full of fake nationalism and patriotism, this movie is suspended by the government in order to make people believe what the government think is correct.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/02/23

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matthew s

It was pretty boring, mediocre visuals, interesting story.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/20/23

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Herry S

This movie is really insane how Chinese soldiers were wont give up to fight Against American soldiers but wow, also that is true America cannot fight by themself how to killed them because of too many of them cannot be enough through wiped them out. Of course American soldier were left the island is not belong the island of America, now China has more power backing up with Russia & North Korea.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/16/22

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Jason B

absolute garbage movie. historically inaccurate, overly long, no character depth or development and just pure chinese propaganda

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/08/23

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Chen Kaige

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Dante Lam

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Hark Tsui

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Jing Wu

Wu Qianli

Jackson Yee

Wu Wanli

Yihong Duan

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Richard Kuipers

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For all the money spent and pyrotechnics unleashed, this collectively directed and filmed movie about the glory of collective effort and suffering in attaining military success never attains the grandeur it strives for.

Dec 27, 2021

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

It's straight-up propaganda - almost comedically so at times.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 19, 2021

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Elizabeth Kerr

Hollywood Reporter

No one in the high-profile cast, which... includes Zhang Hanyu, Oho Ou and Huang Xuan, gets much more than a sketch to work with, sapping the story of any real emotional connectivity.

Nov 13, 2021

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Víctor López G.

Espinof

A 175-minute war orgy that combines violence, epic absurdity and stale nationalism in the form of a solid propaganda film that does not try to hide its nature. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 9, 2022

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Yago García

Cinemanía (Spain)

The main value of the film, or the only one, it is in making us reflect on the thousand and one times that we have swallowed equally nauseating rhetoric... courtesy of Hollywood. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Jul 5, 2022

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

The Battle at Lake Changjin is a very bloated war movie filled with simplistic dialogue, poorly written characters, and tedious fight scenes. This repetitive depiction of a crucial battle in the Korean War does not earn its nearly three-hour running time.

Apr 24, 2022

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Synopsis

The story takes place in winter, 1950. In the freezing cold Changjin Lake region, a bloody battle between the United States and China begins. Faced with the harshest conditions of extreme cold, lack of rations and vast difference in weaponry, the Chinese troops forge ahead, fearless and determined. They successfully blow up the Shuimen Bridge, making the most critical victory in the War to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.

Director: Chen Kaige, Dante Lam, Hark Tsui
Executive Producer: Chen Kaige, Dante Lam, Xiaojiang Quji, Hark Tsui
Screenwriter: Jianxin Huang, Xiaolong Lan
Distributor: CMC Pictures
Production Co: Huaxia Film Distribution, China Film, Alibaba Pictures, Bona Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Beijing Dengfeng International Culture Communications Company, Huaxia Film Distribution Company
Genre: War, Action, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 19, 2021, Limited
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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