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Assembly Reviews

2007

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from 2736 members

War feasts upon death. It's greedy appetite carries away many a life on the battlefield, and soldiers must be ready to die at any time. Yet all these sacrifices can be given meaning and reason with honor. Amid the bloody field of war, Captain Guzidi led the Ninth Company infantry unit on a sniper mission. With orders to fight .. Read more

Starring	Chao Deng, Heng Fu, Jun Hu, Phil Jones
Director	Xiaogang Feng
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Epic, powerful, unforgettable
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- - Sunday Times
  - 09 Apr 2008 at 23:01
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  Didn' watch this film, it was one for the boys!
  
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  - London
  - 17 Aug 2008 at 15:20
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  Exceeded my expectations!
  
  After reading reviews on this film, it definitely exceeded my expectations! Very realistic battle scenes, and great storyline. If you like your war films, as I ... read more »
  
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- - daver0binson
  - 1 review
  - 18 Oct 2011 at 15:07
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  Action and depth
  
  good movie, well directed. If you can live with subtitles this is worth watching. Not one for the girls though.
  
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- - westmarh
  - 1 review
  - 07 Oct 2011 at 23:48
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  Very Good War Film
  
  An epic war film, very gritty battle scenes and an overall moving true story of one man's attempts to get his lost company recognised as heroes.
  
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- 1024160
- - GaryI
  - 617 reviews
  - March, Cambs
  - 01 Aug 2011 at 20:40
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  Good action, acting, story..
  
  Recently watched this movie and i enjoyed it. The story was good but i felt it did go slow on a few parts, but all in all the action, acting and sounds were ... read more »
  
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- 1000599
- - robb87
  - 7 reviews
  - 05 Jun 2011 at 12:43
- - 1
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  Phenomenal. Want more from this team!
  
  Phenomenally good. Lead man delivers superb performance. Direction and execution is amazing, this sits up with the absolute best Hollywood has to offer, and ... read more »
  
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- 991943
- - Mutley2
  - 11 reviews
  - 12 May 2011 at 11:04
- - 0
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  chinese cracker
  
  What a cracker of a movie! It's true that you have to persevere during the slow bits but it is well worth the effort. In true oriental fashion it is a bit ... read more »
  
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- - papatez
  - 203 reviews
  - folkestone
  - 03 Apr 2011 at 15:53
- - 1
  - 0
  Chinese Private Ryan
  
  Grim in every detail, this moving story of a communist soldier's true life experiences, shows that war is hell whatever side your on.
  
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- - FROGFISH
  - 37 reviews
  - Sydenham
  - 07 Jan 2011 at 16:12
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  Brilliant
  
  'Assembly' is a film of two halves: the first is very graphic with the awful horror of defenders pitched against impossible odds, with inevitable ... read more »
  
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- - Michael
  - Hampshire
  - 25 Oct 2010 at 16:20
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  - 5
  Chinese civil war
  
  Blood and guts beginning, Private Ryan style,leads to a tedious second half when a Captain(Zhang Hanyu) in the Chinese civil war,fights to see his 47 men who ... read more »
  
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- - thefilmcollector
  - 21 reviews
  - Port Talbot
  - 22 Jul 2010 at 22:27
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  Realist war film
  
  Realist and bloody battle scenes make this a watchable and believable film. A little confusing at times in identifying some of the characters but overall worth ... read more »
  
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- - babylon
  - 83 reviews
  - Rochester
  - 15 Jun 2010 at 09:13
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  assembly
  
  Didn' watch this film, it was one for the boys!
  
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- 615024
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  - London
  - 17 Aug 2008 at 15:20
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  Good battle scenes, bad pacing, dull second half
  
  I'm writing this whilst watching this film. It's something to do. It might take up a bit of time and hasten it's end. I hope it comes soon. It's... read more »
  
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- - trotsuk
  - 117 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 01 Sep 2008 at 20:21
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  Outstanding Film
  
  I have to give this 5 stars. Ive seen a few foreign films now (Brotherhood, R Point etc) and Im becomming a huge fan of them.
  
  This film is filled ... read more »
  
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- - Jav
  - 30 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 23 May 2008 at 22:19
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  Tedious
  
  As a fan of asian cinema and having read the positive reviews of this film I was really looking forward to seeing it but found it extremely disappointing. The ... read more »
  
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- 591290
- - a customer
  - Liverpool
  - 02 Jul 2008 at 00:22
- - 9
  - 2
  confusing
  
  watched about half an hour and still didn't know what was going on so gave up.
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 05 Oct 2008 at 17:44
- - 7
  - 0
  brilliantly moving film
  
  Reduced me to tears, set during the Korean war, starts out with really realistic war battle scenes but then becomes more about one mans fight for recognition ... read more »
  
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- 577676
- - a customer
  - Somerset
  - 18 Jun 2008 at 11:52
- - 6
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  Worth a Watch
  
  I dont usually like war films but this one is well worth viewing. It is bloody and fast moving. Lots of explosions and a boys film really but it has a sort of... read more »
  
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- - Minny
  - 440 reviews
  - London
  - 22 Sep 2008 at 14:29
- - 5
  - 0
  Chinese cracker.
  
  I thoroughly enjoyed Assembly.
  
  The story was good and was told over the Peoples Liberation war to the Korean war.
  
  The first hour and a ... read more »
  
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- - JamesT
  - 101 reviews
  - Chorley
  - 29 Sep 2008 at 16:44
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  Amazing
  
  This film has to be one of the greatest war films of all time. The battle scenes look so real and are extremely bloody. But not only that but the true drama of ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Gloucester
  - 15 Nov 2008 at 14:48
- - 3
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  Disappointing
  
  OK the battle scenes are well choreographed. But that really is all you get: one battle scene after another, each one becoming less and less interesting, each ... read more »
  
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- - davidesque
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  - Walthamstow
  - 13 Sep 2008 at 19:35

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  War feasts upon death. It's greedy appetite carries away many a life on the battlefield, and soldiers must be ready to die at any time. Yet all these sacrifices can be given meaning and reason with honor.
  
  Amid the bloody field of war, Captain Guzidi led the Ninth Company infantry unit on ...