There hasn't been such an egregiously self-congratulating piece of Communist propaganda since, arguably, the peak of '60s Soviet musicals, but Revival is so repetitive and po-faced that there's no kitsch value to be had.
Beginning of the Great Revival(建党伟业)
China · 2011
2h 4m
Director Han Sanping, Lu Chuan, Li Shaohong, Huang Jianxin
Starring Andy Lau, Chow Yun-Fat, Nick Cheung, Daniel Wu
Genre Drama, Action, History, War
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A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Beginning of the Great Revival is muddled, all right, but it's the helter-skelter speed at which it ticks off names and incidents, both in hopelessly confused action and on-screen text, that seems nearly unprecedented.
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