The War of Loong

Visually solid with nice cinematography and decent action, but it didn't work too well for me. What bothered me was that there is no proper main character, either good or bad, so there wasn't much to root for, and the action scenes are nice to watch, but there is no blood and it's hardly intense or suspenseful at all, which is a staple for me in similarly-themed films. On the one hand, I'm glad someone made a film about the military conflict between the French and the Chinese, which I suspect hasn't been made into a movie yet, so historically speaking, fine, but I'm probably spoiled by the recent The Eight Hundred. Story***, Action****, Humor>No, Violence*, Entertainment****, Music***, Visuals****, Atmosphere***, Suspense**. 6.5/10. (22/11/2020)