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Operation Red Sea
2018
· Movie
· 138 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Every rating
60–71
out of 100
A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist organization.
Details
- Director
- Dante Lam Chiu-yin
- Writers
- Chen Zhuzhu, Dante Lam Chiu-yin, Eric Lin Ming-Chie, Feng Ji
- Studio
- Bona Film Group, The P.L.A Navy Government TV Art Central of China, Star Dream Studio Media, Film Fireworks Production
- Released
- 16 February 2018
- Country
- China, Hong Kong, Morocco
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $70.0M
- Box office
- $579.3M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 9 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 27 →18 wins from 27 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| 2019 ASCAP Awards 2019 | ASCAP Screen Music Award | Elliot Leung | Winner |
| 14th Changchun Film Festival 2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Jiang Luxia | Winner |
| 14th Changchun Film Festival 2018 | Best Cinematography | Feng Yuanwen | Winner |
| 14th Changchun Film Festival 2018 | Best Supporting Actor | Huang Jingyu | Nominee |
| 14th Changchun Film Festival 2018 | Best Feature Film | Operation Red Sea | Winner |
| 14th Changchun Film Festival 2018 | Best Supporting Actor | Eric Wang | Nominee |
| 17th Huabiao Awards 2018 | Outstanding Film | Operation Red Sea | Winner |
| 17th Huabiao Awards 2018 | Outstanding Director | Dante Lam | Winner |
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34th Hundred Flowers Awards
10 nominations, 5 won
| Best Director | Dante Lam | Winner |
| Best Newcomer | Wang Yutian | Winner |
| Best Picture | Operation Red Sea | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Du Jiang | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jiang Luxia | Winner |
| Best Actor | Zhang Yi | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Hai Qing | Nominee |
| Best Newcomer | Huang Jingyu | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Zhang Hanyu | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Dante Lam, Feng Ji, Chen Zhuzhu, Lin Mingjie | Nominee |
14th Changchun Film Festival
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | Feng Yuanwen | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Operation Red Sea | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jiang Luxia | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Huang Jingyu | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Eric Wang | Nominee |
31st Tokyo International Film Festival - Gold Crane Award
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Hai Qing | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Operation Red Sea | Winner |
| Most Popular Actor | Huang Jingyu | Winner |
17th Huabiao Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Director | Dante Lam | Winner |
| Outstanding Film | Operation Red Sea | Winner |
25th Beijing College Student Film Festival
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film | Operation Red Sea | Winner |
| Best Actor | Zhang Yi | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Operation Red Sea | Nominee |
17th New York Asian Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Daniel A. Craft Award | Dante Lam | Winner |
2019 ASCAP Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| ASCAP Screen Music Award | Elliot Leung | Winner |
5th Hengdian Film and TV Festival of China
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Outstanding Contribution Award | Operation Red Sea | Winner |
8th Beijing International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects | Operation Red Sea | Winner |