The Bravest (Chinese: 烈火英雄) is a 2019 Chinese disaster film directed by Tony Chan and starring Huang Xiaoming, Du Jiang [zh], Tan Zhuo, Yang Zi, Zhang Zhehan, Gu Jiacheng [zh], Yin Xiaotian [zh], and Gao Ge.[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 Bravest
Chinese	烈火英雄
Mandarin	lièhuǒ yīngxióng
Literally	Raging-Fire Hero
Directed by	Tony Chan
Written by	Wang Chao
Produced by	Andrew Lau Li Jinwen
Starring	Huang Xiaoming Du Jiang [zh] Yang Zi Tan Zhuo Zhang Zhehan Gu Jiacheng [zh] Yin Xiaotian [zh] Gao Ge
Production companies	Bona Film Group Asia-Pacific Chinese Film (Beijing) Pictures Co.,Ltd
Release date	August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01) (China) [1][2]
Running time	120 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	CN¥1.7 billion (US$244 million)[3]

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

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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