The Resistance
Seen it?2011 | 89 min | Action, War, Fantasy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fans of a good revenge story and anyone who appreciates a well-choreographed fight. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. Same wavelength as The Dirty Dozen or Letters from Iwo Jima. The fight choreography is a big part of the appeal.
- The mood
- Harrowing.
- The pace
- Wastes no time getting going, at 1 hr 29 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.
In 1937, Japan began their invasion of China by murdering over 300,000 people in the capital of Nanjing. The atrocities committed against women and their daughters are especially barbaric. One of them is Xiaoyun, a peasant girl who fights with the Chinese resistance group. On her way to freedom she must fight against Japanese soldiers, ninjas, a killer geisha, Nazis, and the evil General of the Japanese imperial army.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Peng Zhang Li
- Sang HuXiaoyun
- Jeremy Marr WilliamsSteven
- Zhao Jun LongChen
- Johan KarlbergSchultz
- Wang YinAkita
- Peng Zhang LiTakeshi
- Li BaolongWangshu