Film2014141 min

The Taking of Tiger Mountain

Name: The Taking of Tiger Mountain
Genre: Adventure, Thriller, War
Released: 2014
Duration: 141 min
Cast: Zhang Hanyu, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Tong Liya, Lin Gengxin, Nan Yu

Taste attributes: adventurethrillerwaractionhistoricalbiographyfastunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA grounded, wide-ranging war film: serious and stirring. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 134 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

Based on the real life story of an incident in 1946 during the Chinese Civil War, the film involves a communist reconnaissance team soldier Yang Zirong who disguised himself as a bandit to infiltrate a local gang of bandits, eventually helping the main communist force to destroy the bandits. Based on the novel "Tracks in the Snowy Forest" by Qu Bo.

Synopsis: TMDB