Formosa Betrayed (2010)
In the early 1980s, an FBI Agent is assigned to investigate the murder of a respected professor. Through his investigation, he unearths a spider web of international secrets that has been thriving within college campuses across America for decades. His investigation takes him across the Pacific to the island nation of Taiwan, where with the help of the outspoken widow and an unlikely spy, he learns that the Professor's killing was not a random act, but a desperate move by a scandalous government intent on keeping its nefarious activities under wraps. Our detective soon finds himself on a collision course against the U.S. State Department, the Chinese Mafia, and the Nationalist Chinese Government - in a land where the truth is not what it seems and the only people he can trust, cannot be trusted at all. Inspired by actual events.
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I love this movie so much
Purely Joyful Movie!
It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
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.
I like this movie. I agree with some people that the scene doesn't look like Taiwan in 80'. It should've been more modern look, but the story is just so good so I can forgive the settings. It reminds us not to forget that we are TAIWANESE, nothing to do with China. We have been using the name "Taiwan" for 100 years, and I am proud of it. We have our own culture, language, food, government, law system, not to mention democracy. How can you deny it is a country and very different from China. It is a shame that still some people don't recognize Taiwan as a independent country, even some Taiwanese, but I appreciate that a lot of people are trying to let people see us and value us.The acting and editing are excellent. Also, the music at the end "Desire for Spring Breeze", the traditional Taiwanese song, just makes me cry.
The movie is full of misleading ideas and fictional information. With poor casts selection and bad acting.When did FBI agent authorize to handle cases oversea? And a Taiwanese waiter that speaks better English than Chinese? A museum director knows when the police raid takes place? Combining multiple events that happens in different years into one event.Adds none existing fiction to dramatize the story.The list goes on and on.It is a film made to promote certain political interest.It holds no more truth than most fictional movies.It was a pain to sit through the 1hr 45min.
This movie talks about many real events fighting for freedom and democracy in Taiwan in 1947 - 1981. Because this is just a movie, it mixes up the time-line of the real incidents to make the movie more entertaining. People who know the incidents may feel that this movie does not reflect the truth. People who do not know the incidents may not really understand the underlying meanings/incidents of the scene. I strongly recommend that people who do not know the incidents can see the movie first, and then try to search relevant real incidents (like 228 and Kaohsiung Incident), and then see the movie second time to understand and feel more about this movie.