Many of these scenes contribute little to the narrative but clearly satisfy other requirements of this state-supported movie. As he carefully considers participation in the Korean conflict, Chairman Mao Zedong (Tang Guoqiang, playing Mao for at least the sixth time) solemnly says “the foreigners look down on us” and “pride can only be achieved on the battlefield.” A stifling atmosphere of caution, care and respect is present whenever Mao and senior military figures such as Tan Ziwei (Duan Yihong) and Peng Dehuai (Zhou Xiaobin) appear. Flashes of Colonel Kilgore’s beach party barbecue in “Apocalypse Now” come to mind here.ĭialogue given to American characters is sometimes so awful as to be comical, but it’s a very different story when Chinese leaders speak. counterparts worry about being “back in time for chow” at mess halls bursting with roast turkey and all the trimmings. commander General Douglas MacArthur (lookalike actor James Filbird) telling troops things like “I guarantee you this will be over by Thanksgiving.” But all that weaponry and confidence will be no match for supremely dedicated and motivated Chinese troops, who can survive on raw potatoes in the freezing hills while their U.S.
Moral superiority plays an important role in a story that begins with UN forces in a commanding position in September 1950 and swaggering army brass including legendary U.S. aggression and aid Korea.” The stage here reflects current geopolitical realities by featuring only two recognizable combatants. There’s barely a North Korean soldier, official or flag to be seen as the PVA sweeps across the land on its mission to “resist U.S. Though 22 nations contributed to the United Nations Command in Korea, the screenplay by Huang Jianxin (“Mao Zedong 1949”) and Lan Xiaolong only has U.S. The decisive two-week campaign - known in the West as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir - forced UN forces to retreat south of the 38th parallel and initiated a war of attrition that lasted until the armistice of 1953, which remains in place today. This very old-fashioned production depicts a string of military engagements during the winter of 1950, when soldiers from China’s newly-named People’s Volunteer Army entered North Korea.
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