User Rating
Director
Dante Lam
Cast
Zhang Yi,
Johnny Huang,
Hai Qing,
Du Jiang,
Jiang Luxia,
Sanaa Alaoui
Genre
Action,
Thriller,
War,
Drama
A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and a terrorist organization.
Screen Daily by John Berra
The unflinching rawness of the action has considerable impact while undercutting the dominant jingoistic tone. Despite the team’s tactical strengths, their plans often suddenly unravel because of unanticipated elements, resulting in stomach churning injuries.
Variety by Maggie Lee
Hong Kong action-director Dante Lam’s Operation Red Sea is war propaganda that comes off as antiwar, a patriotic film so carried away by its own visceral, pulverizing violence that patriotism almost becomes an afterthought.
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