Plot:
The story begins in 1948 during the Huaihai Campaign of the Chinese Civil War. Gu Zidi (谷子地), a PLA captain, commands his Ninth Company in siege to a town defended by KMT forces. After being ambushed, the company captures the town with severe casualties. The brutal death of his political officer to an enemy field gun in the fight causes Gu to order the shooting of the surrendering KMT prisoners, though the command is met mainly with refusal. As punishment, Gu is imprisoned, and he quickly befriends his cellmate: an army teacher and pacifist named Wang Jincun, who had been jailed for battlefield cowardice. Gu's commanding officer, Colonel Liu, soon sends Gu and his remaining 46 men off on a new assignment;
to defend to the last man (with limited resources) the battalion's flank — an old mine on the south bank of the Wen River — and not to retreat until he hears the bugle call for assembly with the regiment. Gu also receives permission to take Wang as his new political officer.
Just as the 48-man platoon fortifies the position, the Kuomintang suddenly attack with superior artillery, infantry and tanks; the company fiercely fends off two waves of enemy assault, while Gu orders the dead and severely wounded to be carried into the mine. Barely a handful are alive when his mortally burnt adjutant officer recalls hearing the bugle call in the distance. The others begin to say that they heard the bugle as well, and allege that Gu, deafened by multiple explosions, was not able to hear it. Duty-bound, Gu resolves to stay, which moves the remaining men to follow him and fight to their death.
An undetermined amount of time later, Gu is seen in an army hospital as the only apparent survivor, but due to sudden changes in the Army's unit structure he is unable to find his regiment, thus leaving him unable to prove his accounts of the battle.
| Directed by | Feng Xiaogang |
|---|---|
| Produced by | John Chong Feng Xiaogang Wang Zhongjun Yadi Guan |
| Written by | 1992 screenplay: Liu Heng |
| Starring | Zhang Hanyu Deng Chao Yuan Wenkang Tang Yan Wang Baoqiang Liao Fan Hu Jun Ren Quan Li Naiwen |
| Music by | Wang Liguang |
| Cinematography | Lü Yue |
| Editing by | Liu Miaomiao |
| Studio | China Film Co-Production Corporation |
| Distributed by | Huayi Brothers Media Asia Distribution Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | People's Republic of China: December 20, 2007 Hong Kong: January 3, 2008 |
| Origin : China Language : Chinese Subs: English Movie 1 : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3OSYIOLG Movie 2 : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KUGT7Y6B Subs : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2LEM2AUL | 124 minutes |
Geen opmerkingen:
Een reactie posten