The Eight Hundred

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The Eight Hundred

2021

2h 27m

War

History

Drama

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In 1937 a group of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers puts up a four-day defense of a Shanghai warehouse complex just as Japanese forces are overwhelming China.

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

09/19/2020

4/5

The Eight Hundred bites off more that it can chew but it consistently serves up gripping filmmaking on the biggest canvas.

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Michael Ordoña

Los Angeles Times

09/17/2020

"The Eight Hundred" fetishizes martyrdom, but for those seeking big-screen, epic violence, it's pretty much the only game in town.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

09/16/2020

3/5

Guan goes hammer and tongs with the special effects, delivering stupendously, joint-rattlingly-loud battle scenes and combat sequences edited to the lightning pace of a superhero movie.

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Robert W. Butler

Butler's Cinema Scene

06/14/2024

B-

In the end you’ve got a jaw-dropping spectacle for the eye and ear and a flag-waving paen to bravery, but a dead end in terms of personal human drama. Well, sometimes you just take what you can get.

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Victoria Luxford

metro.co.uk

02/21/2022

3/5

The Eight Hundred may be too arduous for those simply wanting some mindless Big Screen spectacle. But if this break from superheroes and star ships has you yearning to try something new, this ambitious recreation of history is worth your time.

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Rhys Bowen Jones

JumpCut Online

04/17/2021

4/5

The Eight Hundred is a war film that set out to tell its story by not shying away from the brutality of it all. On that level, The Eight Hundred is an absolute success.

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Rant R.

@RantReviews Nov 19

This movie was really sad and heartbreaking Japan government was/is a fascist state They Never apologized for their genocide towards Chinese people Long live china

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iDream T

@RT07548572 02/17/2025

One of the most powerful war movies ever made. This is an homage to the bravery honor and the sacrifice that makes a soldier. The sacred cause that motivates a person to fight kill and die selflessly. If you understand this cost you will appreciate your life and your freedom.

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Bryce R

@RT77437414 12/23/2024

Dog water, selling hot dogs in china?😂 foh

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Kovi S

@RT37907062 08/27/2024

Highly recommended. Aside from being a top-notch war movie with high production value, realism and beautiful visuals, the movie is groundbreaking in being perhaps the first Chinese-produced war movie to candidly portray the nationalist army - the good and the bad - and examine the deep divides and contrasts in China's early struggle to self-identify as a nation state. This is at times conveyed heavy-handedly, with obvious contrasts drawn between the international concessions and the Chinese sovereign territories; but it also manifests in more subtle ways, shown through the childhood tunes hummed by the soldiers and township mementos they carry. All in all, a surprisingly honest and self-searching look at the birth of the modern Chinese state disguised as a well-rounded war film.

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Thorben B

@slev3nx 11/23/2023

idk it was good for a chinese movie

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JSMU 1

@RT10402741 11/23/2022

Any human must witness the history. This chapter is unforgetable and shall forever be remembered. I wholeheartedly saluted the director and actors for their outstanding performances. The picture is beautiful, battle is realistic and sound effect is great. I love this movie. It made me tear and cries more than i could imagine. Please share it out and support this movie !!!

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Synopsis

In 1937 a group of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers puts up a four-day defense of a Shanghai warehouse complex just as Japanese forces are overwhelming China.

Director: Hu Guan
Producer: Wenjiu Zhu
Screenwriter: Hu Kun, Hu Guan, Rui Ge
Distributor: CMC Pictures
Production Co: Huayi Brothers Media, Beijing Diqi Yinxiang Entertainment
Genre: War, History, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 26, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 23, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA): $110.0K
Runtime: 2h 27m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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