Welcome back to Movie Recap. Today I'm gonna show you a 2018 Chinese-Hong Kong action war
film called, Operation Red Sea. Spoilers ahead. Sit back, relax and enjoy the video.
The movie starts with terrorists conquering the Chinese Marine ship in the midst of an
area called “Pirate Alley.” Just a few minutes or seconds after the incident,
the terrorists are now climbing up the ship and blowing bullets towards the marines.
Fifteen people in the ship become hostages, the Marine Corps is in the rescue.
They are currently hiding from the pirates and preparing to attack as one for hostages’ safety.
The sniper is also in a hide making himself ready anytime. When their helicopter parallels the ship,
the sniper hurriedly pulls the trigger and it directly points to one of the pirates. Two
militaries shoot a bullet with the remaining two pirates while in the basement and operating area,
some of the hostage-takers are there to stop the ship; however, the two soldiers use the shield
to protect them and keep the ship on track. While the marines are preparing to fight,
the pirates escape with a speed boat. One of the marines in a copter decides to follow the
pirates though they are nearing the territory line borders. Unfortunately, three more speed
boats appear out of nowhere and the fighting again begins. The sniper is working really hard to shoot
perfectly but while he is killing the suspects, a bullet comes into him that made him down
and go straight to the medical officers. The captain reports to his officers that
the sniper is in stable condition and will stay in a safe place for recovery. However,
he forgets to state his spinal cord illness for the corps is already depressed.
One week later, two reporters or investigators find about William Parsons,
the head of development at an energy company in Yewaire. His work is mining uranium as well as
obtaining yellowcake from foreign countries. The woman reporter realizes that it is now the reason
why they couldn’t figure out where the yellowcakes came from. They discover that the start of the
investigation is October 2014, which is the same time the unmarked yellowcake was smuggled.
Moreover, William has still access to an abundant amount of yellowcake and acquired the technology
to make thirty bombs. Not only this, but he also has a case of sexual abuse to a young girl.
The girl, according to the reporter man, was interviewed and she states that William has a
necklace that he never took off. It has a massive secret that will turn the world into chaos.
The woman reporter hastily states to their boss all the information she has heard from
her assistant. However, their head does not want to cause trouble and risk his people’s lives.
Especially since the terrorists’ eye is on the girl. She does not want to cover the truth
and practice selective reporting. Later on, she goes to the parking lot to get her car,
however, she feels something run back and [boom!]. A big explosion comes from their car.
Five days came upon and the soldiers are now being more alarmed. They become informed about
the group Zaka, a terrorist group that has been spreading wrongdoings to abide recognition.
The foreign ministry gives the soldiers a duty to work on with,
save a hundred and thirty Chinese citizens and thirty foreign staff under Chinese companies.
The ship will sail to Yewaire and other ships can now go home.
The two reporters are also preparing as well as the Marine corps and soldiers. On the other hand,
Dr. William seems to have a problem with someone on a phone call; he shrugs after and plugs out
his storage disk then puts it on his necklace. The Chinese citizens are now getting into the
ship; on the other side, the reporters are in a desert and they see a group killing
guards in the borders, it’s Zaka. The people at the airport are now in chaos and panic.
The convoy is now in the war zone; bullets have been flying to the air. The citizens riding
the convoy get down from the car and rush to a factory because the rebels are just behind them.
Now, other soldiers send SOS to the marine base due to the convoy getting ambushed. Some of
their people get into the war zone to give help; however, they need to find Dr. William for he is
the only key. The two reporters try to save the terrorist-guarded convoy while bullets are still
flying everywhere. The military police go directly to the war zone as they prepare themselves.
On and on, the terrorists find a way to destroy the target; they immediately make a car bomb that
explodes really terrific and gives massive destruction, especially to the government
military. On the other side, the convoy with the two reporters falls into a cliff.
Minutes later, the Chinese Navy saves the citizens that are trapped in a workshop.
However, a car bomb is approaching and the man keeps on shouting that he is not with Zaka.
The army man hurriedly gets in the car against the bullets and hurriedly saves
the man with a bomb on his neck; he unlocks the bomb and gets out with the man on the car bomb.
At the dessert where the convoy fell, some of the passengers woke up but a few of them
has blood dripping and terrible wounds from the accident. The girl was about
to steal the necklace from Dr. William but he is still alive and won’t let anybody touch it.
The reporter woman gets out of the car and finds a phone to call the marine army, seeking help,
she says the passengers from the car have been kidnapped by the Zaka including a Chinese citizen.
The leader of the terrorist group has his secretary observing the happenings in the
comfort of her car. On the other hand, the woman reporter has been saved by the navy.
The problem is she won’t agree to come in the base for her to be safe. She wants to rescue her
assistant, Dr. William, and the others or else many people will get killed. The captain cannot
accept her request because the only order for them is to rescue Chinese hostages which are only one.
The group, Zaka, sends a video to the Chinese Army base; it contains about
the sacrifice and demonstration that they will do to the others. They stab the neck,
more so beheaded, the reporter’s assistant, after that, they say that they will next
kill the Chinese woman next to the dead man. A few minutes later, the army arrives at the
target place; however, a soldier warns them of the upcoming danger. Hastily, they try to
contact the base but there are no signals. All of a sudden, a huge bomb drops and blows terribly.
Many people come into panic, they try to hide and secure themselves in the sand.
The bombs keep on dropping all over the place and the way they explode is really terrible.
The exchanges of bombs and bullets are not yet done; the captain gets his drone
and throws it to the rebels. Most of his men are missing or dead due to massive explosions.
The soldiers come to the blown bus and see a handful of people covered in blood; some are
already dead. They try to help the people but the wounds are extremely severe; while trying to mend
and cure, one of the soldiers hears a tick-tock from the bomb. There is a live bomb in the bus.
Bombs keep on exploding and bullets keep on falling so they are trying to find the sniper
from the other side. The sniper from the Chinese navy keeps on doing great, however,
when the rebels know where he is located, they immediately throw a huge bomb on his area.
The Chinese sniper manages to escape and orders his members to pin the other sniper down.
His member tries to focus even if the enemy is seven hundred meters away; when he shoots
his shot, he only directly shoots his left ear. On the other side, from the area where almost
a hundred bombs were thrown, a few soldiers and the reporter manage to be alive. However,
there are plenty of people with metals stroked to their bodies or missing parts due to the bombs.
The soldier is still trying to fix and shut off the bomb but the other soldier sees the fast red
light coming from the bomb. It is about to blow. He shouts and hurriedly hides through the sands
together with his members. The explosion is big, huge among the rest of the bombs earlier.
The captain gets scared for he cannot find his members and reporter;
he saw their feet and immediately pulls these people who got stuck from the sand mountain.
The troop captain asks for support from the base but their superior says that they have no
more units left. The captain feels demotivated and says he does not deserve to be a leader.
Gladly, his member provided him with an explanation of how they became a team
and he is, indeed, a good leader. Other members are also motivating their fellow soldiers,
giving them candy too. Somehow, ease the pain they are feeling throughout the whole situation.
The captain goes near the reporter and tells her that she can go to Basem with them,
where they will rescue the Chinese hostage. When they arrive, the people there come to panic but
they reassure to keep them safe. The reporter gathers information about the terrorists and finds
out that they are keeping the hostages in a camp. However, when she tells the soldier that there are
about a hundred and fifty hostages and she wants the others to be saved as well. They do not agree.
Their duty is to only save the Chinese hostage. One of the soldiers tells her that her assistant
is already executed by the terrorists; she comes into rage, panic, and frustration as she wants
him to be saved but it’s too late. The soldier empathizes with the reporter and asks their
captain to save others if they have some time. Not long after, the soldiers come into a decent
plan. They will disguise themselves as terrorists and one of them will accumulate a device for them
to secure the communication. They plan on saving the Chinese worker first, then the others.
The reporter proposes that she will switch clothes with the hostage but
the captain doesn’t think it’s a good idea. On the other hand, the leader of the group
comes to see Dr. William; he is now conscious and immediately tells him that he knows nothing.
The leader doesn’t believe him so he goes through his wounds and cuts to punish him more
and feel the excruciating pain. He then dies through the punishment.
The soldier who is assigned to the technical is fixing the antenna on the hill; however,
the terrorists see him and immediately report to their leader. The leader says to execute
the Chinese hostage so that if they will rescue her, they’ll rescue a corpse. The terrorists come
into the camp and take the Chinese hostage (or so they thought). The hostage they have is the
Chinese-French reporter, they switch sides. As the terrorist leader orders his men
to attack the ship, they hastily do. Bombs are now falling across the ship
and the navy base is trying its best to defend. On the other hand, where the reporter is to be
executed, one of them sees the face differs from the hostage and he asks multiple questions to the
girl while choking and threatening to kill her. Luckily, the Chinese soldier is there
to save her while he gives signals to the reporter; after a few counts he goes into
the room and shoots them all; he then helps the girl to untie the things surrounding her.
As their track goes back containing their rescues, they immediately step into a sharp metal.
Causing the tire to release air. They come in panic and ask for help from the other
members. They now pull the trigger and start a battle again as they are now seen as intruders.
The terrorist sniper sees them and shoots a soldier directly on the leg. He warns his
members about the sniper as well. The captain is now reaching for the base, hoping to ask
for help. However, the signal keeps dropping and the base cannot detect the troop’s signal at all.
They find a military tank and attack the terrorists’ camp. On the other side, the
snipers are cooperating to defend their troops; immediately, they shoot the rebels’ sniper.
While they are driving the car, the enemy sees them and a battle begins again.
Their fellow soldier gets shot directly in the face; however, he keeps on fighting despite
his half-blood-dripped face. One of the rescued hostages also gets shot in the leg and they are
trying to medicate it as they go through a room. Even though they are in an enclosed room,
plenty of rivals are shooting at them; one of the soldiers tries to throw back
the dynamite but they only got an explosion, thus, their left arm comes to nothing. Shitou,
their soldier, gets shot directly to the neck and so he dies while his member grieves to his death.
As they go with their military tank, it gets shot and loses its speed while exchanging missiles.
The sandstorm comes so the visibility goes to zero percent; the reporter tries her best to go through
and defend the tank but she gets shot three times. An aircraft comes for them to rescue the troop as
well as the dead soldiers; the reporter says she’s okay. The soldiers grieve for
the loss of their members; the rescues also get to the copter. The wounded reporter gives
the captain a bracelet saying that it works pretty well before they off in a helicopter.
The rest of the troop decides to come back before the yellowcake crisis because,
in less than an hour, the terrorists will leave with the yellowcake.
With an unauthorized operation, they proceed to the area and kill the rivals they encounter.
They arrive at the place with the leader and a soldier hugging as he gives to him the
necklace. The Chinese soldier hurriedly hides as he changes the plan into going with their leader.
The leader just gets a phone call saying that they must kill the rebels; he kills them,
almost every single one of their soldiers. The captain finally gets the leader while the female
soldier is in the area full of yellow tanks, a terrorist goes inside and attacks her. They
fight until she twisted the head of the terrorist. As the terrorists run down the captain’s vehicle,
they go out of the car and threaten other men to kill their leader. However, one of the terrorists
captures the female soldier and threatens the Chinese military as well. The Chinese sniper
shoots the terrorist that holds the female soldier straight to his forehead. With this,
the captain also shoots the terrorists’ leader, then the men come to him as he hides down the car.
Jiaolong, the female soldier recovers the dirty bomb formula and catches the plane conveying the
yellowcake. The rest of the soldiers also get in the plane despite the flying bullets. When
they come home to the base, the fallen officers are respected and honored for their boldness in
enduring an onslaught war. The movie ends with five Chinese maritime vessels capturing three US
Navy ships cautioning them they have entered Chinese waters and should leave right away.