Move over, superhero flicks – Dongji Rescue is bringing real-life wartime heroics to the big screen! 🍿 The action-packed drama officially launched presales across the Chinese mainland this week, with tickets selling faster than concert passes for your favorite K-pop group. 🔥
Set to premiere August 8, the film dramatizes the true story of a daring 1950 naval evacuation operation during the Korean War. Social media is already buzzing with WWII history buffs and Top Gun fans alike debating how director Peng Shun’s team will balance explosive battle scenes with human drama. 💣❤️
‘This isn’t just about explosions,’ lead actor Wang Yanhui teased in a recent Weibo post. ‘It’s about ordinary people becoming heroes through unity.’ The cast’s behind-the-scenes training videos – showing intense physical prep worthy of Marvel stars – have racked up 18M+ views on Douyin alone. 💪
With presales breaking records in Shanghai and Beijing, industry watchers predict this could be 2024’s breakout Chinese film for global audiences. Will you be first in line? 🎟️
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'Dongji Rescue' presales begin as wartime story draws online buzz
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