Operation Red Sea 2018

LASITHA DILSHAN@ May 01, 2019

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A special task force takes on a risky operation to evacuate civilians amid civil war. Based on the 2015 mission to rescue Chinese citizens in Yemen.

Initial release: February 16, 2018 (China)

Director: Dante Lam

Box office: 579.2 million USD (CN¥3.650 billion)

Mandarin: Hóng Hǎi Xíng Dòng

Budget: 70 million USD

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Operation Red Sea (Chinese: 红海行动) is a 2018 Chinese action war filmdirected by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang and Prince Mak. The film is loosely based on the evacuation of the 225 foreign nationals and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during late March in 2015 Yemeni Civil War.^[4] The film is in similar style to that of Operation Mekong.^[5]

Operation Red Sea
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Traditional	紅海行動
Simplified	红海行动
Mandarin	Hóng Hǎi Xíng Dòng
Directed by	Dante Lam
Produced by	Yu Dong
Written by	Feng Ji
Starring	Zhang Yi Huang Jingyu Hai Qing Du Jiang Zhang Hanyu Prince Mak
Music by	Elliot Leung
Cinematography	Yuen Man Fung Wing-Hang Wong
Production company	Bona Film Group Emperor Motion Pictures Film Fireworks Production Star Dream Studio Media
Release date	16 February 2018
Running time	139 minutes^[1]
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Budget	US$70 million
Box office	US$579.2 million^[2](CN¥3.650 billion)^[3]

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 third-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]