Formosa Betrayed (2010)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Just perfect...

Absolutely the worst movie.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

So Much History in such a Little Movie is the Problem with this Well Intentioned "Mind Opener". It Wants so Badly to Inform that it Overloads its Message with Everything and Anything Concerning the Recent and Not So Recent History of Taiwan, Formerly Known as Formosa.The Filmmakers are Noticeably Nervous here as it Tries with its Low Budget and B-Movie Actors to Concoct a Watchable, Intriguing, Fact-Based Story in the Form of a Political Thriller. It Somewhat Succeeds but the End Result is a lot Less Successful and Fitting for the Very Serious Subject Matter.A Documentary would have been a Better way to get the History Lesson across to the Apathetic and Uninformed because this is just so much Low-Budget Muddle the Lesson is Buried Among the Rubble of a Condensed and Complicated Story Fit. The Taiwanese Situation During the Cold War was an Important History Concerning Communism, Police States, and China's Mainland Bullying of the Little Island and are all Historically Important Deserving a Much Clearer Exposition and Explanation. Something Like this is just too Easily Dismissed and Therefore an Almost Wasted Effort.

I read some other reviews of this movie. I don't get it. It was AWFUL. I tried my best to watch it. I soldiered on, and yet, it was bad, and got worse with every second. For a movie about intrigue and government espionage, I've never been SO bored in my life. it assumes you know all about the history of Taiwan, that you care WHY or when it was made (the movie), and even worse, that the movie while billing itself as a thriller, plays like a bad history re-enactment. There are NO redeeming values in this movie. It is slow, boring, badly acted, confusing, and worst of all, takes itself MUCH too seriously.I found myself falling asleep numerous times throughout the movie. I finally couldn't take it and turned it off.Save 2 hours of your life, read a book, it will be more interesting than this snoozer.

Its not hard to understand why some people took the movie as offensive. Although not a documentary, the movie has events that actually occurred in Taiwan's recent history. Those brought up under KMT's propaganda can't believe such capable government can do such nasty things behind people's back. :DThere are so basic facts about the movie.1. Not a documentary: Inspired by actual events, but not actual events. 2. For non-Taiwanese audiences: Or those not-familiar with Taiwan and her background. This "Free China" was backed by the US to fight communists but at the expense of severely restricting human rights in Taiwan. 3. Not actual scenes: Unfortunately, due to funding and the political situation in Taiwan, the set needs to be filmed elsewhere than Taiwan.This movie is a must-see for those who wants to know more about Taiwan and even for those who knows nothing about Taiwan and wants to know the island that makes everything in the 70s and 80s. People who calls it a propaganda is probably afraid of viewers will become interested and search for more info on the background of Taiwan, especially those times under the rule of KMT. Human rights and justice are universal common values, however, the Taiwanese people was not able to enjoy such.

Never have I seen a propaganda film release to the public like its a Hollywood film. I repeat, it's a propaganda film. Nothing in the film is base on true history.There's a group of radical Taiwanese who wants the independence of Taiwan. It's a very minor group. The best comparison in American history is the people of modern South who still believed in Confederacy.This radical group of Taiwanese wants international attention, so it decided to package a propaganda film into a Hollywood dramatized product.It cannot find any Taiwanese who take its idea seriously, so the people of the Pro TI group decided to go to Thailand to hire a bunch of cheap labors to do its deed. The Thai people don't care about Taiwanese politic, so some demonstration scenes contain many paid Thai lethargically raising their hands on a topic they have no interest.There's many dialogs about Taiwanese that's absolutely misleading. I repeat, it's propaganda film, so it doesn't surprise anyone. One of the actors claimed Taiwanese was speaking their native language "Taiwanese", and NOT Chinese. It's not true. These Taiwanese were speaking "Min Nan", which is the language derives from Fujian, a province of China.There's also an over emphasis of the 228 incident. The people who were killed were highly educated rich folks and land owners. Normal Taiwanese at that time didn't have free time to demonstrate politically. Of course the decedents of the rich folks decided it was bad for them in Taiwan. That's why they abandoned Taiwan and immigrated to US. You have to be ultra rich guy to be able to travel abroad back then. I believe the producer is one of the decedents. Of course, no real normal people care about this 228 stuff.Finally, Henry Wen (Liu in real life)in the film was murdered because he was a triple agent (PRC, Taiwan and FBI).