1950年、朝鮮戦争が勃発。北朝鮮援護のため出兵した中国人民志願軍は、アメリカを中心とする国連軍を相手に、苦戦を強いられていた。１９５３年７月、『金城の戦い』がはじまる。戦場に部隊を送るには、金剛川に掛けた木造の橋を渡らねばならない。しかし、米空軍爆撃機が何度も襲来し、その度に橋の修理をすることになる。中国軍が米軍に対抗できる術は、２台の高射砲のみ。その砲台を任された小隊長の張と関は、仲間を護るため自らの命を賭して米軍機に戦いを挑むが……
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音楽: 阿鲲 / Andrew Johnkawczynski
制作: リャン・ジン / Liu Kailuo / 管虎
The heroic struggle to bring a dynasty of nasty dictators to power. While the main topic is a military bridge to get troops across the river, most of the movie is about the AA gun crews, and the bomber crews. The dramaturgy is a bit over the place, but that happened in US war movies as well. Don't expect a dramatic arc or a conclusion. The heroism gets rather absurd though in the last quarter. Yes, it is a question of perspective; and that is the Chinese perspective. Sacrificing many, many Chinese lives to demonstrate military strength (which may make sense) and to bring the dictatorial family in North Korea to power. Sacrificing one's life not for the defence of one's homeland, but for a vile dynasty in another country - that is something one could be a little critical of, at least in retrospect. This film is a big production, with all the heroism and production values that Hollywood puts into their patriotic US films. It follows the usual, probably by now internationally standardised patterns; great cinematography, lots of extras running in period uniforms, explosions, gore, heroism, some CGI, suspense, drama; some hooks so the viewer can connect emotionally - it's all there, and reasonably well done. (The cuts are slightly annoying in their modernity.) And why not, a Chinese war movie. Switching the viewpoints between chapters is a good move, but no novelty. (It also saves money per screen-time, as often as they repeat scenes here.) If you were making a movie today from, say, Italian perspective supporting Hitlers rule, uncritically, that would have similar smell. With the tiny difference that Nazis Germany lost, and the open-air prison North Korea still exists today.
