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

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)

Trailer

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