Dead to Rights
Taste attributes: dramawarhistoryhistoricalslowunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeRealistic and weighty: a stirring war film, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
8.6 /10
TMDB · 25 votes
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
A group of civilians hiding in the Lucky Photo Studio to escape the Nanjing Massacre are forced to assist a Japanese military photographer in developing film to survive each day. By chance, they develop evidence exposing the Japanese army's massacre. Initially focused only on surviving the horrors, they ultimately decide to preserve these damning negatives as proof of the unfolding atrocities.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- China Film Group Corporation
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