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The Eight Hundred

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In 1937 a group of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers puts up a four-day defense of a Shanghai warehouse complex just as Japanese forces are overwhelming China.
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Ian Freer Empire Magazine 09/19/2020
4/5
The Eight Hundred bites off more that it can chew but it consistently serves up gripping filmmaking on the biggest canvas. Go to Full Review
Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times 09/17/2020
"The Eight Hundred" fetishizes martyrdom, but for those seeking big-screen, epic violence, it's pretty much the only game in town. Go to Full Review
Cath Clarke Guardian 09/16/2020
3/5
Guan goes hammer and tongs with the special effects, delivering stupendously, joint-rattlingly-loud battle scenes and combat sequences edited to the lightning pace of a superhero movie. Go to Full Review
Robert W. Butler Butler's Cinema Scene 06/14/2024
B-
In the end you’ve got a jaw-dropping spectacle for the eye and ear and a flag-waving paen to bravery, but a dead end in terms of personal human drama. Well, sometimes you just take what you can get. Go to Full Review
Victoria Luxford metro.co.uk 02/21/2022
3/5
The Eight Hundred may be too arduous for those simply wanting some mindless Big Screen spectacle. But if this break from superheroes and star ships has you yearning to try something new, this ambitious recreation of history is worth your time. Go to Full Review
Rhys Bowen Jones JumpCut Online 04/17/2021
4/5
The Eight Hundred is a war film that set out to tell its story by not shying away from the brutality of it all. On that level, The Eight Hundred is an absolute success. Go to Full Review
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Rant R. @RantReviews Nov 19 This movie was really sad and heartbreaking Japan government was/is a fascist state They Never apologized for their genocide towards Chinese people Long live china See more Feb 17 One of the most powerful war movies ever made. This is an homage to the bravery honor and the sacrifice that makes a soldier. The sacred cause that motivates a person to fight kill and die selflessly. If you understand this cost you will appreciate your life and your freedom. See more Bryce R Dec 23 Dog water, selling hot dogs in china?😂 foh See more Kovi S 08/27/2024 Highly recommended. Aside from being a top-notch war movie with high production value, realism and beautiful visuals, the movie is groundbreaking in being perhaps the first Chinese-produced war movie to candidly portray the nationalist army - the good and the bad - and examine the deep divides and contrasts in China's early struggle to self-identify as a nation state. This is at times conveyed heavy-handedly, with obvious contrasts drawn between the international concessions and the Chinese sovereign territories; but it also manifests in more subtle ways, shown through the childhood tunes hummed by the soldiers and township mementos they carry. All in all, a surprisingly honest and self-searching look at the birth of the modern Chinese state disguised as a well-rounded war film. See more Thorben B 11/23/2023 idk it was good for a chinese movie See more JSMU 1 11/23/2022 Any human must witness the history. This chapter is unforgetable and shall forever be remembered. I wholeheartedly saluted the director and actors for their outstanding performances. The picture is beautiful, battle is realistic and sound effect is great. I love this movie. It made me tear and cries more than i could imagine. Please share it out and support this movie !!! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In 1937 a group of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers puts up a four-day defense of a Shanghai warehouse complex just as Japanese forces are overwhelming China.
Director
Hu Guan
Producer
Wenjiu Zhu
Screenwriter
Hu Kun, Hu Guan, Rui Ge
Distributor
CMC Pictures
Production Co
Huayi Brothers Media, Beijing Diqi Yinxiang Entertainment
Genre
War, History, Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 26, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 23, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$110.0K
Runtime
2h 27m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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