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In 1937, 800 Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.In 1937, 800 Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.In 1937, 800 Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
- Awards
- 27 wins & 40 nominations
Vision Wei
- Zhu Shengzhong
- (as Chen Wei)
Lu Cao
- Jiang Jing
- (as Noah Lu)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne 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.
- GoofsWhen 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.
- Alternate versionsThe 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.
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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!
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!
- danielj-521-351057
- Sep 10, 2020
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Ba bai
- Filming locations
- Shanghai, China(Defense of Sihang Warehouse)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $372,755
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $118,161
- Aug 30, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $461,421,559
- Runtime2 hours 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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