China's Film Industry And Doing The Military Epic Is Changing

Operation Red Sea Director Dante Lam signs the poster of at the New York Asian Film Festival.

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CNET: Operation Red Sea is China's take on the gung-ho Hollywood military epic

Director Dante Lam spotlights Chinese special forces in a film that draws comparisons to Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down.

Soldiers stuck in a foreign land. Terrorists roaming the country. Hostages who need saving. Gory wounds and tears. Tank battles. Dramatic sweeping action shots.

Nope, this isn't the latest bombastic Michael Bay or Ridley Scott production. This is China taking its shot at the patriotic military epic.

Operation Red Sea marks a departure from traditional Chinese action films that focus on World War II or the Communist Revolution. It's also part of a trend in the past three years of creating more contemporary tributes to military exploits. Red Sea, directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Dante Lam, represents a high point in Chinese cinema, and is the second-highest grossing film of all time in China, well ahead of US blockbusters like Furious 7 or Avengers: Infinity War.

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WNU Editor: Everyone was getting tired of the familiar Chinese war film plots that focused on the Revolution, World War II, the conflict with Japan, etc.. This change is long overdue.