🇨🇳 烈火英雄 The Bravest (w/Eng sub) 2019

The Bravest (2019) is based on a true story: Real-life incident The film is based on the Xingang Port oil spill, which occurred on July 16, 2010 in Dalian, China. Two pipelines exploded, causing a fire that took over 15 hours to extinguish. One firefighter died and another was severely injured. Non-fiction book The film is adapted from The Deepest Water are Tears by Bao'erji Yuanye, an ethnic Mongolian author. The book documents the firefighters' efforts to put out the fire. Actors' training The actors underwent special firefighting training before filming. Director Tony Chan directed the film, which stars Huang Xiaoming, Du Jiang, Tan Zhuo, Yang Zi, and Oho Ou. Some say the film captures the courage of firefighters and shows that heroism exists no matter where you are from. Others say the film is filled with melodramatic flourishes.