The Eight Hundred

R13

2019

148 mins

Directed by Hu Guan
89%
79%
Drama
War

Yi Zhang stars in this Chinese war epic from Hu Guan (Mr. Six) based on the Defense of Sihang Warehouse... More

Yi Zhang stars in this Chinese war epic from Hu Guan (Mr. Six) based on the Defense of Sihang Warehouse during Second Sino-Japanese War.

The 400 defenders of the warehouse held out for four days against numerous waves of Japanese forces, while covering Chinese forces retreating west during the Battle of Shanghai.

The Eight Hunderd opened in China with a $116 million (USD) opening weekend, the biggest opening of 2020 and marking the return of large audiences to theatres in the wake of COVID-19.

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The Eight Hundred | Ratings & Reviews

89_%27 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
79_%124 reviews
Audience score rating

"(The Eight Hundred) offers an imposing (and demanding) mix of action and historical detail."

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Variety

"The director’s prioritising of spectacle over character, lazy exposition over narrative ambition... ensures The Eight Hundred finishes at a cinematic stalemate."

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The Globe and Mail

"A war epic with lots of guts falling just shy of glory."

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Hollywood Reporter

"(A) tub-thumping war epic."

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The Guardian

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

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Los Angeles Times

"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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Empire Magazine

"A towering technical achievement which commands attention from start to finish."

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Screen Daily

"As bombastic and melodramatic as one might expect it to be, The Eight Hundred is also relentlessly thrilling..."

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South China Morning Post

"A big-budget corrective to myths about war generated by Western cinema, such as the idea that Asians stood by to watch while Westerners fight their battles."

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The Straits Times

"This is a war epic and as soaked in blood and guts as the early parts of Saving Private Ryan and carrying similar messages in a way. War is hell, men show extreme bravery under fire and the whole effort, when looked at from a different angle seems tragic, wasteful and sad."

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