The Eight Hundred

 A big fat Chinese WW2 epic as the gathered Chinese forces face the Japanese in a Shanghai factory, just across the river from the internationally-conceded zone. There's an immediate visual contrast between the soldiers in the shelled-and-battered factory and the residents of the international zone, full of neon and light and music and decadence (including frequent shots of a lady casino owner hanging around with a giant bird). It does have a fair bit of frequent Chinese Political Messaging about china's position in the world, the warfighting is noticeably heavy on the gore and there is a fair bit of mythologising China's glorious destiny but it's a fascinating watch of a bit of history largely unknown to most westerners.