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Rating: 5.5 stars

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China civil war soldiers communism post-war 1940s propaganda nationalism

All movies seen on 12/07/2021

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The Founding of a Republic (2009)

Directed by Han Sanping, Huang Jianxin

War | History | Drama

Overview

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

Length 138 minutes

Actors

Tang Guoqiang | Liu Jin | Wang Wufu | Liu Sha | Guoli Zhang | Andy Lau | Donnie Yen | Xu Qing | Jackie Chan | Chen Kun | Wang Jian | Xin Jin | Jet Li | Wong Bing | Vivian Wu | Wang Xue-qi | Yang Xiao-Dan | Donald Freeman | Li Qiang | Hu Jun | Ning Jing | Zhang Ziyi | Zhao Wei | Huang Xiaoming | Zhang Hanyu | Liu Ye | Chen Baoguo | Chen Dao-Ming | Chen Kaige | Deng Chao | Chen Hong | Feng Xiaogang | Ge You | Feng Yuanzheng | Beibi Gong | Guo Xiaodong | Huang Sheng-Yi | Jiang Wen | Leon Lai | Tony Leung Ka-Fai | Pu Miao | Sun Honglei | Tao Zeru | Tong Dawei | Baoqiang Wang | Wang Xuebing | Wu Gang | Xu Fan | You Liping | Chen Shu | Cao Kefan | Zhao Yong | Liu Yiwei | Fan Wei | Jianya Zhang | Sun Xing | Bi Yanjun | Liu Hua | Xu Huan-Shan | Ma Yue | Bin Li | You Yong | Zhicheng Ding | Ying Da | Gong Feng | Degang Guo | Shen Aojun | Wei Huang | Che Yongli | Zong Liqun | Shi Xin | Gu Wei | Xinghuo Zhong | Cunzhuang Ge | Mu Bai | Xiatong Che | John Woo | Yajie Wang | Teddy Lin | Xie Gang | Yang Ruoxi | Fuli Wang | 侯勇 | Zongdi Xiu | Zhao Jingpei | Wang Jianguo | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | Daniel Chan Hiu-Tung | Chen Hao

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Viewing Notes

Fairly sedate for a big time, big budget propaganda film. That’s probably to its detriment bc a lot of this is rather dull. Had they leaned into it this might be more interesting but instead I was fighting to keep my eyelids open.

Of course the main draw is all the celebrity cameos including Jet Li who has a brief scene with a couple lines of dialogue near the beginning of the movie. Donnie Yen gets a nice moment as the artist to declare which new flag he likes the most and later comments on the lyrics to the national anthem. Sadly Vicki Zhao gets only one line. Ziyi Zhang, who I didn’t even know was in this until she suddenly appears, says a couple of lines to Chairman Mao.

Andy Lau has a decent supporting role for ousted President Chiang. Did not see Jackie Chan or Stephen Chow, but I’m pretty sure his appearance was a blink and you’ll miss it. Just super fascinating to see these big stars that lead their own films agree to participate in this as cameos. My guess is that they had to participate and wasn’t Much of a choice.

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