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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10948217

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Episode 3 - Thunderstorm (Con giong)

MAY THIS BOMB EXPLODE OVER OUR ENEMY’S HEAD! After the dangerous offensive launched on the embassy office in Saigon, Tư Chung and his comrades have to find ways to adapt to rising suspicions from the CIA advisors, as well as dealing with violent repercussions involving someone very dear to him. The third part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

We continue with the intensive mind games between Saigonese Rangers and the national security of the Republic of Vietnam. In this episode, Tu Chung and his company - Dong A was suspected to be involved in the activities of Biet Dong. Therefore, he and Ngoc Mai come up with a plan to approach Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Lien and his wife to evade Colonel Song. Moreover, after betraying Biet Dong Saigon for the US-ARVN coalition, Ba Can represents the “Chieu hoi” (Open Arms) campaign under the direction of CIA agent Michael and Cordel, and police Colonel Song. Ba Can has become a dangerous informant which may cause harm to the revolution.

Meanwhile, Huyen Trang is in hot water as her activities with Biet Dong Saigon draw the suspicion of “Chieu hoi” agents, especially when she enters the Dong A HQ inexplicably.

Girls rock more further in this one

Emphasis

Torture of a Biet Dong member was based ofn the testimony of the revolutionary POWs imprisoned in Con Dao prison.

Episode 4 - Give back her name (Trả lại tên cho em)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The year 1968 approaches. Bubbling underneath festive spirits are quiet anticipations of a major escalation of conflict, alongside exciting dreams of a brighter future…that seems so close and yet somehow far away. Tư Chung, tasked with overseeing the joint offensive on supreme headquarters in Saigon at the first moment of the lunar year, prepares himself for the most beautiful and painful of hopes. The final part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975. ×

In this final chapter, Biet Dong Saigon was assigned to strike important points in Saigon on Tet New Year’s Eve. Tu Chung and Ngoc Mai acted as a married couple to create diversion and to secure a position for the Liberation Party of South Vietnam and the People’s Army of Vietnam from the North.

Emphasis

This is the first film as well as the only one of the Vietnamese cinema to recreate the outstanding wars of the Southern Liberation Commando (or Saigon Ranger) during the 1968 Tet Offensive against the Republic of Vietnam and the United States.

It is brief though in episode 4, for what it’s worth, probably due to limited budget. Will the action compensate? Hm….

We’ll start at 5:00 PM EST on Blorptube, right here: https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/film/saigon-rangers-thunderstorm/

https://letterboxd.com/film/saigon-rangers-return-you-your-name/

CWs for the films (excluding spoilers?)

https://www.unconsentingmedia.org/ https://www.imdb.com/

Sex Et Nudity: Mild

US soldiers get handsy on women.

No eroticism, not much skin shown

Does anyone really approve of love triangle shenanigans? Because this movie has it. (I wonder if Ngoc Mai felt to Huyen Trang, what Tu Chung felt for her)

Violence Et Gore: Moderate

Some shootings, stabbing, strangling, bombings of US and ARVN forces

Sometimes the practical effects good, sometimes bad.

Profanity: Mild

Rare, and even then, depends on how it’s translated. Maybe the f-word to make it 13+

Substance Abuse: Moderate

Frequent smoking and drinking

Frightening Et Intense Scenes: Moderate

Two times, here, there are torture scenes, especially with realistic distress, this time to a comrade. Torture scenes, including electrocution, beatings, being hanged upside down, threatened with going near a box with a snake, breaking bones.

A parent is killed in a scene in front of their kids

Source

EP3: https://tankie.tube/w/1H27y5p1MXejVVz9shfR5T

EP4: https://tankie.tube/w/3iAH3Tm3nyRJBoZGuM7pf7