The Bravest (2019)

Original title

烈火英雄

Directed by

Tony Chan

Genre

drama film, thriller film, disaster film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

14

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 87 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A massive oil pipeline explosion ignites a dangerous fire that threatens a Chinese city. Firefighters risk their lives to contain the blaze and protect civilians.

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What happens

The Bravest (Chinese: 烈火英雄) is a 2019 Chinese disaster film directed by Tony Chan and starring Huang Xiaoming, Du Jiang, Tan Zhuo, Yang Zi, and Ou Hao. Based on the Xingang Port oil spill incident and later adapted as the non-fiction book Tears are The Deepest Waters (Chinese: 最深的水是泪水) written by Bao'erji Yuanye, the film chronicles firefighters' efforts to protect a city from a fire caused by an oil pipeline explosion. The film is one of the seven films that premiered during the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. It was released in China on August 1, 2019, and in the United States on August 9. The film grossed over CN¥1.7 billion (US$244 million) in China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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