director: Feng Xiaogang
starring: Chao Deng · Heng Fu · Jun Hu · Phil Jones
· Fan Liao
China's foremost
commercial filmmaker Feng lives up to his name with this blockbuster war
film. Circa 1948 during China's Civil War, the 9th Company of the People's
Liberation Army has been ordered to defend a mine from the advancing troops.
Vastly outnumbered, the casualties pile and hope runs dry. It appears
that commander Gu Zidi has written them off. How many of these 48 soldiers
can survive·
···
A
Chinese film; original widescreen format (2.35:1), uncut (124 min.)
version in DVD encoded for ALL REGIONS NTSC, playable on any American
DVD machine; in Chinese language with optional English subtitles.