Review of China Gate

China Gate (1957)
7/10
A Sam Fuller film. Interesting but?
1 October 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Well first the good. Filmed and glorious black and white, and on YouTube where I watch it it was pretty darn crystal clear. This is about the French and Indochina.

Nat King Cole's singing in a few scenes adds to the movie which really added to the movie. That part was actually perfect.

The sets, we're pretty good and the rear-projection on some of the scenes were pretty good. Most of the battles were filmed on sets and it was not bad. Some of the low budget showed but it was still pretty good.

Angie Dickinson can act very nicely. She's got two boyfriends in this movie on each side. Both love her. But she's fighting to get her son to America.

It had an absolutely surprise ending that I didn't see coming. Not at all. So it's worth a watch just for the scenery. And is another mentioned, this takes place and filmed in the 1950s and Ho Chi Minh is mentioned.

Well that's it for this short review. Not going to rate it because it had so much good and bad in it. The directing is so so but it is interesting.
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