A 2018 Chinese-Hong Kong action war film directed by Dante Lam loosely based on the evacuation of foreign nationals and Chinese civilians during the Yemeni Civil War.
The movie stars Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang, Jiang Luxia, Wang Yutian, Yin Fang, Michelle Bai, and Zhang Hangyu.
It was released on February 16, 2018.
Tropes for the film:
- 20 Minutes into the Past: Takes place in 2015 while the movie was released in 2018.
- Desert Warfare: The film takes place in Yewaire, an obvious stand-in for the Yemen civilian evacuation that occurred in March 2015. A major action set piece involves a tank battle in the desert
as an enormous sandstorm descends upon the region. - Dirty Bomb: Chinese commandos from the People's Liberation Army Navy's Sea Dragon Jiaolong Assault Team stumble into a plan by a Yewairean terrorist group known as Zakka to convert yellowcake materials into a dirty bomb.
- Epic Tank-on-Tank Action: The movie has a major tank battle between members of the Jiaolong special forces unit and the Zakkar terrorists using hijacked tanks from the local government's army.
- Middle Eastern Terrorists: The plot has Chinese troops fighting the "Zakka" terrorist group in a fictional version of Yemen. The movie leaves them as a pretty Generic Doomsday Villain without elaborating on what their core beliefs and goals are.
