Operation Red Sea

Operation Red Sea
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese紅海行動
Simplified Chinese红海行动
Hanyu PinyinHóng Hǎi Xíngdòng
Directed byDante Lam
Written by
  • Feng Ji
  • Dante Lam
  • Chen Zhuzhu
  • Eric Lin
Produced byCandy Leung
Starring
Cinematography
  • Edward Fung
  • Horace Wong
Edited by
  • Choi Chi-hung
  • Lam Chi-hang
Music byElliot Leung
Production
companies
Release date
  • 16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Running time
139 minutes[1]
CountriesChina (Mainland and Hong Kong)
Languages
  • Mandarin
  • English
  • Arabic
BudgetUS$70 million
Box officeUS$579.2 million[2]
(CN¥3.65 billion)[3]

Operation Red Sea (Chinese: 红海行动) is a 2018 Chinese-Hong Kong action war film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang and Jiang Luxia. The film is loosely based on the evacuation of foreign nationals and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during late March in 2015 Yemeni Civil War.[4] According to Chinaculture.org, the film is in similar style to that of Operation Mekong.[5]

It serves as the highlight film presented to audiences as a gift for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, as well as the party's 19th National Congress.[6] This film is said to be "China's first modern naval film".[7] The film has grossed USD$579 million, and received critical acclaim from critics, making it currently the eleventh-highest-grossing ever in China and highest grossing Chinese film in 2018. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[8] A sequel, Operation Leviathan, is set to be released in 2025.[9]

  1. ^ "OPERATION RED SEA [Subtitled] (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Operation Red Sea (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ^ "红海行动（2018）". China Box Office (in Chinese). Entgroup. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Yemen crisis: China evacuates citizens and foregners from Aden". BBC News. BBC. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ^ "驻摩使馆文化参赞探班《刀锋-红海行动》剧组". ChinaCulture.org (in Chinese). Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. ^ Sina Entertainment (24 March 2017). "黄景瑜庆祝中国队胜利 长期不换的裤子惹亮眼". Sina Entertainment. Sina Corp. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  7. ^ Emperor Motion Pictures (19 May 2017). "《红海行动》亮相戛纳 林超贤打造最强反恐动作片". WeChat. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  8. ^ Chu, Karen (24 September 2018). "Oscars: Hong Kong Selects 'Operation Red Sea' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  9. ^ "蛟龙行动". Maoyan. Retrieved 24 June 2024.