The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)

Original title

长津湖之水门桥

Directed by

Dante Lam, Tsui Hark, Chen Kaige

Genre

war film, epic film, action fiction

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 29m

Rated

MA15+

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 97 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Chinese soldiers fight against American forces in a key battle during the Korean War. The story focuses on their efforts to destroy a strategic bridge at the Funchilin Pass.

patrioticsolemnintensestirringvisceralsombergrittylarge-scale

What happens

The Battle at Lake Changjin II, also released as The Battle at Water Gate Bridge, is a 2022 war drama film co-produced and co-directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam, written by Lan Xiaolong and Huang Jianxin, and starring Wu Jing and Jackson Yee. It was produced by the Bona Film Group in light of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. The film is the sequel to The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021). It is a fictionalized retelling of the fighting at Funchilin Pass during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir against American forces in the Korean War. The film was released on 1 February 2022 (Chinese New Year) and grossed over $626 million in China, making it the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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