Formosa Betrayed (2009)
Directed by Adam Kane
this film stars James Van Der Beek, Wendy Crewson and Will Tiao.
Following the murder of a Chinese-American professor and FBI agent is
sent to Taiwan to help catch the killers.
As a thriller this
film has one big error, it shows you the end right at the start, this
is not really fore shadowing and completely cuts the legs out from
under any potential tension. Where the film does work well is giving
insight into the police state that existed in Taiwan for over 40
years that does not receive a lot of coverage in the West. What irks
me slightly is when the film claims to be “inspired by real events”
which tends to imply a specific incident where as this is more a case
of what could have happened given the nature of the political
situation in Taiwan.
2/5
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