The Eight Hundred (2020)
- Original title
- 八佰
- Directed by
- Guan Hu
- Genre
- drama film, action film, war film, historical film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 342 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows Chinese soldiers defending a warehouse in Shanghai in 1937. They face overwhelming odds against a much larger Japanese force.
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What happens
The Eight Hundred (Chinese: 八佰) is a 2020 Chinese historical war drama film directed by and co-written by Guan Hu, and starring Huang Zhizhong, Oho Ou, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, Du Chun, Vision Wei, Li Chen, and Yu Haoming. The film is based on the 1937 defense of Sihang Warehouse by Chinese NRA troops during the Battle of Shanghai in the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Originally scheduled for release in July 2019, the premiere and the nationwide release was moved to August 21, 2020. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $461 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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