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The Battle at Lake Changjin

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The story takes place in winter, 1950. In the freezing cold Changjin Lake region, a bloody battle between the United States and China begins. Faced with the harshest conditions of extreme cold, lack of rations and vast difference in weaponry, the Chinese troops forge ahead, fearless and determined. They successfully blow up the Shuimen Bridge, making the most critical victory in the War to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
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Richard Kuipers Variety Dec 27, 2021
For all the money spent and pyrotechnics unleashed, this collectively directed and filmed movie about the glory of collective effort and suffering in attaining military success never attains the grandeur it strives for. Go to Full Review Phil Hoad Guardian Nov 19, 2021
2/5
It's straight-up propaganda - almost comedically so at times. Go to Full Review Elizabeth Kerr The Hollywood Reporter Nov 13, 2021
No one in the high-profile cast, which... includes Zhang Hanyu, Oho Ou and Huang Xuan, gets much more than a sketch to work with, sapping the story of any real emotional connectivity. Go to Full Review Víctor López G. Espinof Jul 9, 2022
A 175-minute war orgy that combines violence, epic absurdity and stale nationalism in the form of a solid propaganda film that does not try to hide its nature. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Yago García Cinemanía (Spain) Jul 5, 2022
3/5
The main value of the film, or the only one, it is in making us reflect on the thousand and one times that we have swallowed equally nauseating rhetoric... courtesy of Hollywood. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Carla Hay Culture Mix Apr 24, 2022
The Battle at Lake Changjin is a very bloated war movie filled with simplistic dialogue, poorly written characters, and tedious fight scenes. This repetitive depiction of a crucial battle in the Korean War does not earn its nearly three-hour running time. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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New York Bullwin Dec 6, 2021 It is a carefully crafted movie to show the brutality of the bloody war and desire for the Chinese to fight for peace by standing up against Americans. On movie making itself, the battle and story telling are pretty real and awesome. But Sorry for Americans, you have to learn Mandarin (Chinese) to truly understand and appreciate the movie. To be fair, the movies also showed heavy casualties on Chinese side and mighty fire power on the American side as well. Excellent movie and Kudos to Wu Jin’s acting and directors’ master of movie making. See more JW Dec 5, 2021 Entertaining. Battle scene too long. Great propaganda for PLA. Not true story however. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Mar 26, 2026 The worldwide gross is $909,596,236.00. See more Philippe B @RT76169316 Dec 3, 2024 3h de propagande nauséabonde, faisant croire que tout était beau en chine à cette époque, la réalisation est mochissime avec plein de fond vert et d'image de synthèse moches et inutiles (le faire en vrai pour certaine aurait été moins couteux et 1000 fois plus beau et réaliste).... Vraiment regarder ce film c'est perdre 3h de sa vie !!!!!!!!! See more Mike W @MikeW269 Aug 13, 2024 The movie has an objective of war glorification and nationalism. See more @SkyConAff Nov 2, 2023 One of the worst Chinese war movies, full of fake nationalism and patriotism, this movie is suspended by the government in order to make people believe what the government think is correct. See more Read all reviews
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Chen Kaige

Director

Dante Lam

Director

Hark Tsui

Director

Jing Wu

Wu Qianli

Jackson Yee

Wu Wanli

Yihong Duan

Tan Ziwei

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Synopsis The story takes place in winter, 1950. In the freezing cold Changjin Lake region, a bloody battle between the United States and China begins. Faced with the harshest conditions of extreme cold, lack of rations and vast difference in weaponry, the Chinese troops forge ahead, fearless and determined. They successfully blow up the Shuimen Bridge, making the most critical victory in the War to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
Director
Chen Kaige, Dante Lam, Hark Tsui
Producer
Chen Hong, Defu Jiang, Candy Leung, Nansun Shi, Dong Yu
Screenwriter
Jianxin Huang, Xiaolong Lan
Distributor
CMC Pictures
Production Co
Beijing Dengfeng International Culture Communications Company, Huaxia Film Distribution Company, China Film, Shanghai Film Group, Huaxia Film Distribution, Bona Film Group, Alibaba Pictures
Genre
War, Action, Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 19, 2021, Limited
Runtime
2h 56m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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