The Eight Hundred

GEM Entertainment | Release Date: August 28, 2020

7.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Ratings

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madterpsNov 1, 2020

One of the best Chinese movies of this year. This movie is the fictional retelling of a true event that happened in Shanghai during the beginning of Japanese invasion in WWII. It takes a look at the different people that have gathered thereOne of the best Chinese movies of this year. This movie is the fictional retelling of a true event that happened in Shanghai during the beginning of Japanese invasion in WWII. It takes a look at the different people that have gathered there because they were either court martialed or stuck there. It is a realistic view of war, as some people are cowards and some are brave. And in contrast there are the people in the foreign district in Shanghai living it up and watching by. Later on, some of the character like Lao Tie and Lao Suan Pan develop comraderies through their struggle to not get killed, even though they were hostile to each other at first. And the emotional sacrifice some soldiers had to make to stop the Japanese really touched my heart. One of the best film of the year for me.… Expand

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UncleWillardFeb 25, 2021

Excellent production values and effects. It really has very gritty and realistic combat scenes, but it suffers from both cheesy dialogue and obvious pandering to Chinese patriotism. Not the end of the world, we have some cheesy, patrioticExcellent production values and effects. It really has very gritty and realistic combat scenes, but it suffers from both cheesy dialogue and obvious pandering to Chinese patriotism. Not the end of the world, we have some cheesy, patriotic movies that are still a fun watch in the States, but the obvious Iwo Jima rip-off pushed it over the top for me. Still a good watch and a visual treat, but that cheesy patriotism spoils it.… Expand

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10r15012018May 22, 2021

This is just worst than some American patriotic movies! The acting just cheesy, the over dramatising of the so poor Chinese, being attacked by Japan tells it all. The problem here is, the real factual historic facts, 10 Chinese died, notThis is just worst than some American patriotic movies! The acting just cheesy, the over dramatising of the so poor Chinese, being attacked by Japan tells it all. The problem here is, the real factual historic facts, 10 Chinese died, not hundreds! The movie fits perfectly to this year's 70th anniversary, the CCP ordered to movie makers, to produce and air just patriotic flicks, to underline the CCPs superiority over the rest of the West. Well, this flick, falls short of being the best movie in theaters now. You want sone action? Better movies out there than this one.… Expand

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wesseldjNov 23, 2021

This movie is about the first major battle from imperial japanese against China in 1937, when the war didn't even started yet in Europe (world war 2 started in europe in 1939, almost 2 years later).

First of all in a cinematographicThis movie is about the first major battle from imperial japanese against China in 1937, when the war didn't even started yet in Europe (world war 2 started in europe in 1939, almost 2 years later).

First of all in a cinematographic standpoint, this was a masterpiece. Second of all, how can people dare to say this is propaganda, when there are actual historic footages from that time still in historic archives depicting that event, recorded by journalists. And the movie didn't even portrayed the chinese soldiers having a victory, but it was a bloody retreat, as was described in history that is even recorded and known in western history books. And the soldiers weren't even communists, they were from NRA from Chiang Kaisheks army.

Also the West, as in The League of Nations didn't lay a finger to help the chinese to fight fascism.

It's a shame and disgrace of western cinemas not putting this movie in mainstream theaters and telling the story about the brave sacrifice these chinese soldiers have made in trying to defend their dignity and country.… Expand

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