Review – The 800

Action movie meets propaganda picture in this telling of the Thermopylae-esque tale of Chinese resistance to the Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937. A small cadre of (mostly) brave soldiers fight the cruel, relentless enemy for possession of a factory, gradually winning support from the residents of the British protectorate across the river. Though the storytelling is ham-handed, production values are high and slow points are rare. Mildly amusing