''The Bravest'' () is a 2019 Chinese

disaster film A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Such disasters may include natural disasters, accidents, military/terrorist attacks or global catastrophes such as ...

directed by Tony Chan and starring

Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang (, born 13 November 1977) is a Chinese actor, singer, and model. He graduated from the Performance Institute of the Beijing Film Academy in 2000. Huang first rose to prominence in 2001 for playing Emperor Wu of Han i ...

, ,

Tan Zhuo Tan Zhuo (, born 25 September 1983) is a Chinese television and film actress. She appeared in the films ''Spring Fever'' (2009, banned in China), ''Dying to Survive ''Dying to Survive'' is a 2018 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Wen Muye ...

, Yang Zi,

Zhang Zhehan Zhang Zhehan (; born 11 May 1991) is a Chinese actor and singer. His first major role was as Wei Ying in the Chinese historical drama '' Legend of Ban Shu'' (2015). He is best known for his roles in '' Legend of Yunxi'' (2018), '' The Blooms at R ...

, , , and Gao Ge. It is adapted from author Bao'erji Yuanye's non-fiction book ''The Deepest Water are Tears'' (最深的水是泪水). The film is based on a real-life incident, the

Xingang Port oil spill The Xingang Port oil spill is a spill that occurred in July 2010 caused by a rupture and subsequent explosion of two crude oil pipelines that run to an oil storage depot of the China National Petroleum Corporation in Xingang Harbour, Dalian, Li ...

, and chronicles firefighters' efforts to protect a city from a fire caused by an oil pipeline explosion. The film is one of the seven films that premiered during the

70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China The 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China () was observed with a series of ceremonial events including a grand military parade as its spotlight to celebrate National Day of the People's Republic of China that too ...

. It was released in China on August 1, 2019, and in the United States on August 9. The film grossed over CN¥1.7 billion (US$244 million) in China.

Plot

A group of brave firefighters deal with a series of fires after a chemical plant explodes. It is a race against time for the firefighters as they put themselves in danger to save those in the vicinity of the fires.

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