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Dir: Feng Xiaogang.
Cast: Zhang Hanyu, Yuan Wenkang, Hu Jun, Deng Chao
Description: Captain Gu Zidi, commanding officer of the Ninth Company, is at the forefront of the Huaihai Campaign of the Chinese Civil War, leading 46 men in a daring mission to defend the south bank of the Wen River. Gu Zidi and his troops must hold their position until the retreat bugle call, ensuring the delicate balance of power between The People's Liberation Army and the KMT Army. As hours pass and ammunition becomes increasingly scarce, Gu Zidi begins to wonder whether he has missed the retreat signal and consigned his men to their grim fate.
Country: CHI. 2007. 123mins
If Feng Xiaogang, one of China's most successful directors, is the East's answer to Spielberg, then this war film is his Saving Private Ryan.
Written by Liu Heng, who collaborated with Zhang Yimou in classics Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern, it lavishly shows us not only the terrors of war, but the essential humanity of the soldiers involved.
Its central character is Guzidi (Zhang Hanyu), Captain of the Ninth Company of the People's Liberation Army, fighting the US-backed KMT. Ordered to retreat after a bloody pitched battle he fails to do so and loses all his men.
Blinded by guilt, he marches straight into the enemy trenches but is saved by the PLA and, though badly wounded, dedicates his life to finding and honouring the graves of the 46 men he caused to be killed.
The film has a naïve strength that makes it much more than just an expensive and expansive action movie, and in Hanyu a dignified hero who does what he has to do.
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