Beginning of the Great Revival

aka: The Founding of a Party
China 2011, 140 minutes
Dir. Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang
In Mandarin with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Epic, History

Topics: Period - 1910s, Period 1920s, Politics.

Feat. Andy Lau, Chow Yun-Fat, Daniel Wu, Liu Ye, Chen Chang, Dong Jie, John Woo, Xueqi Wang

Aroview: In the tradition of unashamedly jingoistic cinema comes this state-sanctioned celebration of ninety years of Chinese Communist Party rule.

A historical pageant with extraordinary production values and almost the definitive Chinese cast, it's inevitably marred by its incessant calls to patriotism and some decidedly leaden dialogue.