Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

Released Apr 27, 2012

2h 30m

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Drama

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In 1930 Taiwan, Mouna Rudo, a Seediq tribal leader, forms a coalition with the island's other tribes to rise up against their Japanese colonial masters.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Given China's ongoing interest in the island and its unknowable future, this historical backstory behind current events is welcome indeed.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 27, 2012

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Adam Nayman

Globe and Mail

At times, Warriors sacrifices dramatic nuance for scale, but even its most rousing passages are tempered by a sense of loss.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 27, 2012

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

You can see why Woo, the noted Hong Kong action director, would want to produce it: It fits right in with his "heroic bloodshed" cinematic legacy.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 26, 2012

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

"Seediq Bale" is a true epic, a rather impressive movie that retains the interest for the whole of the 4,5 hours of its two parts, and an excellent portrait of a relatively unknown part of Asian history.

Apr 11, 2021

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

For all its bombast, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale doesn't come close to containing 2 1/2 hours worth of insight, much less 4 1/2.

Mar 4, 2021

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

Despite some thrilling action sequences and moments of searing emotion, the script just doesn't do the story any justice.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 6, 2019

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Jeff F

Watched this movie long time ago. Can't speak for the movie itself too much, but what I do clearly remember is how BOTH sides of this conflict were pretty terrible people. No one to root for or feel sympathy to. Just a bunch of awful people slaughtering each other.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/22/23

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/22/19

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Synopsis

In 1930 Taiwan, Mouna Rudo, a Seediq tribal leader, forms a coalition with the island's other tribes to rise up against their Japanese colonial masters.

Director: Wei Te-Sheng
Producer: John Woo, Terence Chang, Jimmy Huang
Screenwriter: Wei Te-Sheng
Distributor: Well Go USA
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 27, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 29, 2015
Runtime: 2h 30m

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