Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
A man rises up to lead his people in a brave and risky struggle for freedom in this epic-scale historical drama.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 7, 2012
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Well Go Usa
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ching-Tai Lin, Umin Boya, Masanobu Andô, Sabu Kawahara, Vivian Hsu & Lo Mei-ling | |
Directed by | Wei Te-sheng | |
Screenwriting by | Wei Te-sheng | |
Composition by | Ricky Ho | |
Director of Photography: | Chin Ting-Chang |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
At times, Warriors sacrifices dramatic nuance for scale, but even its most rousing passages are tempered by a sense of loss.
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Globe and Mail
The film includes some stunning visuals, including a few terrific jungle battle scenes.
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Cinemalogue
Rating: 2/5 --
As the war drags on, "Warriors of the Rainbow" outstays its welcome. I've never seen more severed heads in a film and cared less.
New York Times
Rating: 2/4 --
Despite some thrilling action sequences and moments of searing emotion, the script just doesn't do the story any justice.
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From the Front Row
Rating: 3/4 --
An ambitious, blood-soaked retelling of an uprising by Taiwanese natives against Japanese occupiers.
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Toronto Star
Rating: 3/5 --
Given China's ongoing interest in the island and its unknowable future, this historical backstory behind current events is welcome indeed.
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Austin Chronicle
Rating: 3/4 --
You can see why Woo, the noted Hong Kong action director, would want to produce it: It fits right in with his "heroic bloodshed" cinematic legacy.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Product Description:
A man rises up to lead his people in a brave and risky struggle for freedom in this epic-scale historical drama. Mouna Rudo (Ching-tai Lin) was born and raised among the Seediq people, an indigenous tribe in Taiwan, and as he grew to be a man he became a member of the Seediq Bale, a courageous band of native warriors. However, Rudo's way of life is threatened under the yoke of occupying forces from Japan, who took over the nation in 1895. As Rudo sees the traditions and honor of his people stripped away, he realizes the time has come to fight back, and in 1930 he brings together a group of former Seediq Bale soldiers, many of whom have been reduced to infighting, and molds them into a revolutionary army. Rudo and his comrades make their stand when they confront Japanese occupation troops at a youth athletic event, leading to a violent confrontation between the Seediq forces and their oppressors. Written and directed by Wei Te-Sheng, SAIDEKE BALAI (aka WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW: SEEDIQ BALE) was the most expensive film ever produced in Taiwan at the time of its release; it debuted in Taiwan in a two-part, four-hour edition, while a 150-minute cut for international distribution was screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
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