

Soviet spies, Japanese bioweapons, and one very unhinged Chinese resistance fighter.
Practical Effects
Gloriously unconvincing explosions that somehow rule.
Costume
Japanese military uniforms straight from the rental warehouse.

Director
Hu Ming-Kai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of post-2010 Chinese films revisiting WWII through nationalist resistance narratives, often funded with state support.
The 'Hutou Fortress' was a real Japanese stronghold in Heilongjiang; the film's bioweapon plot loosely echoes actual Unit 731 atrocities.