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Unsilenced

  • 2021
  • R
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Sam Trammell, Ting Wu, James Yi, Anastasia Lin, and Tzu-Chiang Wang in Unsilenced (2021)
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When the Chinese Communist Party launches a brutal crackdown against 100 million citizens, a jaded American reporter and a team of innocent students risk everything to expose the deadly prop... Read allWhen the Chinese Communist Party launches a brutal crackdown against 100 million citizens, a jaded American reporter and a team of innocent students risk everything to expose the deadly propaganda and fight for freedom.When the Chinese Communist Party launches a brutal crackdown against 100 million citizens, a jaded American reporter and a team of innocent students risk everything to expose the deadly propaganda and fight for freedom.

  • Director
    • Leon Lee
  • Writers
    • Leon Lee
    • Jocelyn Tennant
    • Ty Chan
  • Stars
    • Sam Trammell
    • James Yi
    • Tzu-Chiang Wang
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    559
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    • Director
      • Leon Lee
    • Writers
      • Leon Lee
      • Jocelyn Tennant
      • Ty Chan
    • Stars
      • Sam Trammell
      • James Yi
      • Tzu-Chiang Wang
    • 50User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Sam Trammell
    Sam Trammell
    • Daniel Davis
    James Yi
    James Yi
    • Director Zhu
    Tzu-Chiang Wang
    Tzu-Chiang Wang
    • Secretary Yang
    Anastasia Lin
    Anastasia Lin
    • Min
    Cheng-Hao Shih
    • Jun
    Lisa Wang
    • Li's Mother
    Chen-Jun Cheng
    Chen-Jun Cheng
    • Professor Zhang
    Moon Eldridge
    Moon Eldridge
    • Secretary Wu
    • (voice)
    Ming-Sen Lin
    Ming-Sen Lin
    • Li's Father
    Jie-Fei Huang
    Jie-Fei Huang
    • Secretary Wu
    Ting Wu
    • Wang
    He Tao
    • Li
    Weiyu Wang
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    • Director
      • Leon Lee
    • Writers
      • Leon Lee
      • Jocelyn Tennant
      • Ty Chan
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    A very awkward viewing experience

    The main purpose of this movie is to show how great the Falun Gong is and how the CCP regime suppresses it with extreme prejudice. Falun Gong is nothing but another form of Tai Chi (a somehow being exaggerated as a Chinese Kong Fu), an exercise for your body and spiritual health, yet it boasts itself as a philosophy, a faith, even a belief, similar to Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism and adding some more ingredients of the Chinese traditional Taoism and Confucianism, a some kind of ISM, asking the people who BELIEVE it to be TRUE, GOODWILL, and most of all, Tolerate/Endurance/Persistence/Patience. Since more and more Chinese people who accept it and get together to practice the movements and gestures as Tai Chi in large groups, a common daily assemblies everywhere in China, which cannot be accepted or tolerated by the Chinese Communist Party, it has been tagged as a potential threat to the regime. So it was harshly forbidden, prohibited and suppressed. The aftermath is many believers are killed, jailed even mentally destroyed by CCP.

    This made-in-Taiwan Anti CCP movie is sponsored by Falun Gong members who escaped abroad to all the free countries and Taiwan. But the screenplay, the directing and the acting are just too awkward and too painful to watch, albeit pretentious and self-pity. I've tried my best to watch it since so many people gave high rating and praises, but sorry, NO CAN DO. It's just too shallow and primitive in all forms that I simply cannot swallow.
    10chrisbeers-94469

    Important to See

    "Unsilenced," gets a 10 out of 10 because of how important its message is to the world. To me, the core idea is that, at the end of the day, the will to seek the truth and spread the truth always outweighs the will to spread lies and silence the truth.
    8JustHavingALook

    Brave production. Storytelling could be improved.

    This is a movie that needs to be put into context, production wise.

    Storytelling, filming, acting, editing, cinematography, soundtrack: all combined deserves a 6.5 (cinematography and color grading are my favorite parts here)

    But: the efforts and dangers that comes into play when recreating 1999 Beijing... well that's a 10.

    Just check the end credits, heaps of "anonymous" among the names. The danger of filming in Taiwan a movie (not a documentary hey) that exposes the nightmare that can be todays people republic of china... well congrats. Btw: kudos to the production design and location departments, great job.

    The story is linear and fairly easy to follow, but yes there are moments when it moves on in an awkward/artificial/coincidence based way... prime example the reporter who seems to be at the right place in the right moment too many times.

    Act one seems to be too short for us the audience to understand who the protagonists are, what they need to accomplish, and the obstacles.

    The main theme though is worth celebrating: upholding truth.

    I'd have liked to see more character development for the antagonist.
    9cbifilms-84440

    This film is a must see for 2022

    This film is incredibly timely with everything that is going on in the world today. It is a powerful story and expresses universal truths about power, greed, misinformation, corruption and control. Excellent film, highly recommend.
    10freeofspirit

    My body was shaking

    A friend invited me to see this film at a private screening. I am very grateful.

    While watching the movie, my body trembled violently for a few moments. I was really touched!

    I think I was moved by this story for several reasons.

    1. It is very powerful. If you liked how Truman overcame obstacles and found himself in The Truman Show, if you've ever been moved by Nero's strong willpower in The Matrix, or the prisoner Shawshank, you'll know what I'm talking about.

    2, it is real, not science fiction. This movie is based on a true story.

    3, It is relevant to our current daily life. While movies like Schindler's List and Hacksaw Ridge were also based on true stories, they were made decades later to remind people of these heroes and events. In contrast, the stories presented in "Unsilenced" are still happening. Audiences can choose to influence the outcome by participating in their real lives. That's pretty remarkable.

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    • Release date
      • February 25, 2022 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 沉默呼聲
    • Filming locations
      • New Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Production company
      • Flying Cloud Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $613,621
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $47,339
      • Jan 23, 2022
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,198,967
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 48m(108 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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