Operation Mekong is a crime action movie directed by Dante Lam and stars Zhang Hanyu, Eddie Peng and Vithaya Pansringarm.
The movie is based on 2011 Mekong River Massacre.
The movie is said to be based on a real life incident but instead of keeping the movie close to the reality the movie is been made more dramatic to please the viewers, with some good action scenes and good acting the movie could've been a great movie but is been spoiled by over dramatization due to which the movie looks another normal action movie.
We have seen many war or action movies inspired by true events such as Dunkirk, The pianist and saving private Ryan and these movies are being termed as great movies because the makers had tried to stick to the originality of the story, there are two ways of making the movie either you make a good movie by sticking to the original story which not only will make the movie beautiful but also great or you can twist the story to make the movie look more dramatic or crowd pleasing movie, in this movie the director decided to choose the second option. The plot looks modified as the movie is also been turned into revenge drama as one of the lead character is taking revenge of his dead girlfriend, another character is taking loads of bullets, guns and even bombs but still survives, the dog has to die to earn the sympathy and infuse emotions in the viewers and so on.
For the first 25-30 minutes the movie looks great but as soon as the movie progresses it becomes more of an another action movie, the movie is undoubtedly has superb action scenes, some great camera angles and beautiful cinematography.
Acting in the movie is superb and I have to admit that all the characters had put in their best for the movie, screenplay of the movie is fast paced and will keep you engaged, action scenes are just great and in fact amazing and the action in the climax is superb.
Overall the movie is said to be an a movie inspired by true events and although the operation Mekong was carried out by China, Burma, Laos and Thailand jointly but this movie looks more of a two men job, the movie is not that bad and is one of the biggest successful movies of China but I am disappointed as I am a fan of movies based on true events but the movie is looks more dramatic and fictitious. Action lovers will surely like the movie.
The movie is based on 2011 Mekong River Massacre.
The movie is said to be based on a real life incident but instead of keeping the movie close to the reality the movie is been made more dramatic to please the viewers, with some good action scenes and good acting the movie could've been a great movie but is been spoiled by over dramatization due to which the movie looks another normal action movie.
We have seen many war or action movies inspired by true events such as Dunkirk, The pianist and saving private Ryan and these movies are being termed as great movies because the makers had tried to stick to the originality of the story, there are two ways of making the movie either you make a good movie by sticking to the original story which not only will make the movie beautiful but also great or you can twist the story to make the movie look more dramatic or crowd pleasing movie, in this movie the director decided to choose the second option. The plot looks modified as the movie is also been turned into revenge drama as one of the lead character is taking revenge of his dead girlfriend, another character is taking loads of bullets, guns and even bombs but still survives, the dog has to die to earn the sympathy and infuse emotions in the viewers and so on.
For the first 25-30 minutes the movie looks great but as soon as the movie progresses it becomes more of an another action movie, the movie is undoubtedly has superb action scenes, some great camera angles and beautiful cinematography.
Acting in the movie is superb and I have to admit that all the characters had put in their best for the movie, screenplay of the movie is fast paced and will keep you engaged, action scenes are just great and in fact amazing and the action in the climax is superb.
Overall the movie is said to be an a movie inspired by true events and although the operation Mekong was carried out by China, Burma, Laos and Thailand jointly but this movie looks more of a two men job, the movie is not that bad and is one of the biggest successful movies of China but I am disappointed as I am a fan of movies based on true events but the movie is looks more dramatic and fictitious. Action lovers will surely like the movie.