The sniper that this film is meant to be about is a well known character of China's illegal involvement in the Korean War. The problem is with this film is that he is not in it and the film is not about him; its about a young boy who cries all the time but is a very proficient/dangerous sniper!
I won't take away from the Chinese actors involved that they played their parts well (China has learned a great deal about making films - and acting in them- in the last 3 decades. They often outshine American films on a regular basis). However! The American actors should be ashamed of their involvement in this glorification of the superiority of the Chinese soldier and, its totally anti American message. Do/did they even realize how stupid they were made to look, appear and sound; what a complete embarrassment they were with pathetic lack of acting skills (probably why they can only get jobs in China).
The cinematography is beautiful and lighting, sound etc is very well done but at the end of the day its just political Communist BS!
Since 2020 China has been making a plethora of films celebrating the Peoples Volunteer Army of the Korean war - Its because its their 75th anniversary celebration of the event. Unfortunately they celebrate as though they taught the Americans a lesson and saved the day for North Korea but, they do it in a way that is absolutely disrespectful to the dead of all the soldiers of all sides that were fighting there; and that includes the Russian MiG fighter pilots that Russia still denies were flying sorties in that theatre of conflict!
A disgraceful film about a disgraceful war that killed - as is always the case - an awful lot of innocent civilian men, women and children.
I won't take away from the Chinese actors involved that they played their parts well (China has learned a great deal about making films - and acting in them- in the last 3 decades. They often outshine American films on a regular basis). However! The American actors should be ashamed of their involvement in this glorification of the superiority of the Chinese soldier and, its totally anti American message. Do/did they even realize how stupid they were made to look, appear and sound; what a complete embarrassment they were with pathetic lack of acting skills (probably why they can only get jobs in China).
The cinematography is beautiful and lighting, sound etc is very well done but at the end of the day its just political Communist BS!
Since 2020 China has been making a plethora of films celebrating the Peoples Volunteer Army of the Korean war - Its because its their 75th anniversary celebration of the event. Unfortunately they celebrate as though they taught the Americans a lesson and saved the day for North Korea but, they do it in a way that is absolutely disrespectful to the dead of all the soldiers of all sides that were fighting there; and that includes the Russian MiG fighter pilots that Russia still denies were flying sorties in that theatre of conflict!
A disgraceful film about a disgraceful war that killed - as is always the case - an awful lot of innocent civilian men, women and children.