Beginning of the Great Revival
Action, Drama, History, War
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2011
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A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Director:
Cast:
,
Chow Yun-Fat
,
John Woo
,
Liu Ye
,
Andy Lau
,
Tony Leung Ka-fai
,
Daniel Wu
,
Nick Cheung Ka-fai
,
Chen Kun
,
Zhen Zhang
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Details
Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
23 Jun 2011
Country:
CN
Languages:
cn, Chinese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
7 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
"Revival" is a proud statement by an ascendant society. But it demonstrates that mainstream Chinese cinema can be as guilty of self-indulgent overstatement as anything out of the West.
– Andy Webster,
New York Times,
24 Jun 2011
fresh:
The highly-charged crowd scenes in which dissidents clash with authorities are staged with visual flair, conveying an exhilarating sense of self-empowerment which is the essence of revolution.
– Maggie Lee,
Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jun 2011
rotten:
"Great Revival" is in many ways the very definition of propaganda - it even ends with an image of a waving flag - but "Revival" is too harmlessly flabby to be taken quite that seriously.
– Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jun 2011
rotten:
Perhaps the translation is at fault here, but why does the dialogue consistently do so little to flesh out the characters?
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
23 Jun 2011