2. Operation Red Sea

It is weird to have a hard-line, and even violent R-rated, military blockbuster in a celebratory season of the Spring Festival; however, "Operation Red Sea" made it and became the highest grossing film in the year and one of the biggest in history. As China's first modern naval film, "Operation Red Sea" is loosely based on the evacuation of the 225 foreign nationals and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during the 2015 Yemeni Civil War. Directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang and Prince Mak, it continues in similar style to that of Lam's "Operation Mekong". However, the reason why it is exceptional is neither related to how violent and exciting the action scenes are, nor about how it aroused the nation's pride and patriotism; rather, it is because the film is made in the way that all the best war films have been made: to make people understand how cruel and bloody a war is and make them reflect on the futility of conflict and the need for peace.

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