Review of Operation Red Sea (2018) by Waleed A — 26 Jan 2019

Basically everything I said and felt about operation mekong (same director) applies to this movie. the action was awesome, intense and large. so many great action scenes and moments. enough action in the first half to fill a whole movie. the music was awesome. some really great shots.

The reason I didn't give it a higher score is because I didn't really care about the characters or the details of the story. when the action wasn't happening I didn't care much. that's partly because of the language barrier, but also partly because there are a LOT of characters. so you don't become attached to any of them. there are still some scenes with good emotions, but half the time I didn't know who was who. also as much of an action junkie as I am, near the end it started becoming too much. I got action fatigue. it was a little too long and didn't was a bit anti-climactic with a long end scene after the climax.

Lots of realism in the action with some great gore scenes. lots of moments that subvert expectations. this was a well made movie... for the most part. I probably wouldn't watch it again (1 viewing).