THE BRAVEST Review: An Explosive Tale Of Crisis Management And Soul-Searching Redemption In A City On Fire
Fires, volcanic eruptions, deadly earthquakes and political turmoil encompass but a fraction of the global upheaval that has since carried into the new year. Thus, Tony Chan’s visually breathtaking thriller, The Bravest, couldn’t have come at a more introspective and opportune time for Chinese cinema as the industry mapped out a specific course in the last few years, segueing from military-themed vehicles to more rescue-centric narratives as seen in films like The Captain with Hanyu Zhang, and Dante Lam’s aptly-named The Rescue. At the crux of Chan’s heroic actioner, featuring the talents of Huang Xiaoming are some of the usual themes that are inherent to a film about a team of trained professionals chisled and engrained to face danger head-on, including paying homage to the lives of those who ply their trade in real life, as well as those who make the ultimate sacrifice in the process. More to the […]