Director: Tony Chan
Notable Cast: Xiaoming Huang, Jiang Du, Zhuo Tan, Zi
Yang, Hao Ou, Yong Hou, Xiaotian Yin, Jason Gu, Zhehan Zhang, Ge Gao
As the push in the Chinese industry draws closer and closer
to that of Hollywood, so does their approach to film making. The latest big-budget blockbuster-style film to make it to the US is The Bravest, a large
spectacle film that attempts to find that perfect balance between action and
dramatic heft. For those more familiar with Hollywood style films, the best comparison
for The Bravest is combining the mass destruction and disaster films of Roland
Emmerich and the “true story” action films of Peter Berg. For better or worse,
depending on the scene, the film sways heavily between the two and it makes for
both a highly entertaining film – occasionally from unintentional humor – and one
that is perplexing in how poorly developed it is.