The Bravest

The Bravest
The Bravest
	烈火英雄
Directed by
Written by	Wang Chao
Produced by	Andrew Lau; ;
Starring	Huang Xiaoming; [zh]; Yang Zi; Tan Zhuo; Zhang Zhehan; [zh]; [zh]; ;
Production; companies	Bona Film Group; ;
Release date	August 1, 2019 (China);
Running time	120 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	CN¥1.7 billion; (US$244 million)

The Bravest (Chinese: 烈火英雄; pinyin: LièHuǒ Yīngxióng) is a 2019 Chinese disaster film directed by and starring Huang Xiaoming, [zh], Tan Zhuo, Yang Zi, Zhang Zhehan, [zh], [zh], and .^[4] It is adapted from author Bao'erji Yuanye's non-fiction book The Deepest Water are Tears (最深的水是泪水).^[5] The film is based on a real-life incident, the Xingang Port oil spill, and chronicles firefighters' efforts to protect a city from a fire caused by an oil pipeline explosion.^[6]

The film is one of the seven films that premiered during the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.^[7] It was released in China on August 1, 2019, and in the United States on August 9. The film grossed over CN¥1.7 billion (US$244 million) in China.^[3]

Plot[]

A group of brave firefighters deal with a series of fires after a chemical plant explodes. It is a race against time for the firefighters as they put themselves in danger to save those in the vicinity of the fires.

References[]

^ "烈火英雄" (in Chinese (China)). 猫眼电影. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
^ "烈火英雄" (in Chinese (China)). 中国电影发行放映协会. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
^ ^a ^b 内地总票房排名 ("All-Time Domestic Box Office Rankings"). 中国票房 (China Box Office) (in Chinese). Entgroup.
^ 王小羊 (2018-11-20). "《烈火英雄》再现消防救灾史上奇迹刘伟强监制黄晓明杜江主演首次开放探班" (in Chinese (China)). 时光网. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
^ "《烈火英雄》火了票房突破15亿". 快科技. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
^ "Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming fights fire and icy cold for new movie". The Straits Times. August 28, 2019.
^ "庆祝新中国成立70周年，《我和我的祖国》等7部新片展映". The Paper (in Chinese (China)). 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

External links[]

The Bravest on Sina Weibo (in Chinese)
烈火英雄 at Douban (in Chinese)
The Bravest at Mtime.com (in Chinese)
The Bravest at IMDb
The Bravest at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
The Bravest at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "烈火英雄" (in Chinese (China)). 猫眼电影. Retrieved 2019-08-05.

[chinafilm-2] "烈火英雄" (in Chinese (China)). 中国电影发行放映协会. Retrieved 2019-08-05.

[boxoffice-3] 内地总票房排名 ("All-Time Domestic Box Office Rankings"). 中国票房 (China Box Office) (in Chinese). Entgroup.

[4] 王小羊 (2018-11-20). "《烈火英雄》再现消防救灾史上奇迹刘伟强监制黄晓明杜江主演首次开放探班" (in Chinese (China)). 时光网. Retrieved 2018-11-22.

[gross-5] "《烈火英雄》火了票房突破15亿". 快科技. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-08-23.

[6] "Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming fights fire and icy cold for new movie". The Straits Times. August 28, 2019.

[7] "庆祝新中国成立70周年，《我和我的祖国》等7部新片展映". The Paper (in Chinese (China)). 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

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