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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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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