Ba Bai

Titre original : Ba bai

2020
14A
2h 29m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,7/10

7,6 k

MA NOTE

Liretrailer1 min 30 s

2 vidéos

99+ photos

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Une épopée de guerre passionnante. En 1937, huit cents soldats chinois combattent depuis un entrepôt situé au milieu du champ de bataille de Shanghai, complètement encerclés par l'armée japo... Tout lireUne épopée de guerre passionnante. En 1937, huit cents soldats chinois combattent depuis un entrepôt situé au milieu du champ de bataille de Shanghai, complètement encerclés par l'armée japonaise.Une épopée de guerre passionnante. En 1937, huit cents soldats chinois combattent depuis un entrepôt situé au milieu du champ de bataille de Shanghai, complètement encerclés par l'armée japonaise.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,7/10

7,6 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 27 victoires et 40 nominations au total

Anecdotes
One line of the film mentioned that the 800 from the 88th division have received German military equipment. That is only partial information as that division was trained by German military advisers who were helping China's government since 1927.

Gaffes
When the journalists are setting up their cameras in front of the warehouse, several news outlets are named. One of them is AFP (Agence France-Presse), but the company was created seven years later in 1944.

Autres versions
The original cut set to be premiered in 2019's Shanghai International Film Festival is 160-minutes long. The re-censored version, which got finally released in 2020, is only 147-minute, with many replaced shots and multiple scenes blown-up and cropped.

Connexions
Referenced in Radio Dolin: Hollywood surrenders to Asian movies, Sorokin's new novel and best role for Khodchenkova (2021)

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7/10

A solid war film!

After enjoying the trailer, and being a fan of Asian cinema, I went to the movies to watch The Eight Hundred.

As the movie is based on a true story and true events, it was very interesting to see a different kind of war film that's not Hollywood-ised and the great high quality production certainly was impressive.

The movie is gripping, intense with solid tension building throughout the movie, lots of action guns and bombs with great performances that I believe the actors deserve great credit for.

The writing and direction by Guan Hu was very impressive with nice stylised cinematography.

My own dilemmas with the movie was the pacing, story beats and focus on the central story. The movie felt too split everywhere into different perspectives and doesn't focus on a singular character or group to follow the story properly.

There was no clear goal or focus for us as the audience to keep an emotional core building. The essence of Chinese patriotism is the front runner story but I felt it took away from my attachment to following a core protagonist/s with their story instead of the theme or essence of patriotism.

There's lots of invasion attempts and warfare action with some heartfelt emotional scenes, but not a clear storyline direction that makes it understandable to follow.

Make sure to give this movie a go, it's definitely an experience!