Runtime: 139 minutes
Directed by: Dante Lam
Starring: Eddie Peng, Yanlin Wang, Zhilei Xin, Lyric Lan, Yutian Wang
From: What again appeared to be EIGHTEEN production companies; no kidding.
This is the first of two reviews for today; the second-to be posted in a few hours-will have an unpopular movie opinion. This won't be the same; it is a new Chinese release and for various reasons people take issue with the country and its policies. However, nothing about the film itself will cause any uproar nor will anyone's reviews be the source of consternation. While this was the first film I've seen from Dante Lam, at least I recognize his name.
The plot centers around the Chinese Coast Guard and some rescue missions they perform but it's a standard Pacific Rim Asian disaster film of recent years... the action surrounding the chaos is quite entertaining but there is plenty of drama... melodrama, a little kid and romance also factors into the equation, at least one of the main cast dies & many tears are shed. All of these elements are present as the crew deals w/ such calamities as an oil refinery & cargo transport ship blowing the F up and an airplane crashing in the ocean.
Taking all that into account, The Rescue was fine overall. It did have some gruesome moments, although by far the worst for me was actual (simulated) brain surgery-oh yeah, someone needs their noggin operated on-and I did look away. This does have a “humorous” scene where two men are out in the woods at night and they need to hug to keep warm. OF COURSE there is gay panic “jokes”; this was the only moment which people could call homophobic. Funnier to me was that once again this looked to have been made by about EIGHTEEN production companies, no lie... and one of them featured a Chinese version of a Japanese kawaii cat logo.
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