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  • 2010
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 43 m
Formosa Betrayed

Summary Inspired by actual events, Formosa Betrayed tells the story of FBI Agent Jake Kelly's investigation of the brutal murder of a Taiwanese-American professor on U.S. soil. With the help of his FBI partner Tom Braxton and a sharp Chicago police detective, Agent Kelly discovers that the murderers have fled to Taiwan. (Screen Media Films)

Directed By: Adam Kane

Written By: Will Tiao, Katie Swain, Charlie Stratton, Yann Samuell, Brian Askew, Nathaniel Goodman

  • 2010
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 43 m

Formosa Betrayed

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Inspired by actual events, Formosa Betrayed tells the story of FBI Agent Jake Kelly's investigation of the brutal murder of a Taiwanese-American professor on U.S. soil. With the help of his FBI partner Tom Braxton and a sharp Chicago police detective, Agent Kelly discovers that the murderers have fled to Taiwan. (Screen Media Films)

Directed By: Adam Kane

Written By: Will Tiao, Katie Swain, Charlie Stratton, Yann Samuell, Brian Askew, Nathaniel Goodman

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
52
54% Positive
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38% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
52
54% Positive
7 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
8% Negative
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70
Despite the righteous indignation that is so clearly fueling the film--much of its $8 million budget was raised from off-island Taiwanese--the movie is a sturdy entry in the paranoid-thriller genre, and raises some interesting issues about our relationship with the country we used to call China.
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70
A decent political thriller set in Taiwan with the requisite Western-market-friendly lead and a determinedly pro-independence message embedded in a formulaic but diverting tale of intrigue and oppression.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
63
It's deliberately difficult to untangle the crossed allegiances of the people that Kelly interviews, and it's melodramatic that he tries to smuggle Ming and a surrendered assassin onto a plane bound for the United States. But dramatizing such a complex situation is a necessary evil.
By Joe Williams FULL REVIEW
63
As a political thriller, Formosa Betrayed has enough suspense and intrigue to pull viewers along willingly. It doesn’t try too hard, which is refreshing.
By Janice Page FULL REVIEW
50
A mostly pedestrian political thriller whose basis in true events adds little to the film's excitement or entertainment value.
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50
Neither the investigation nor the suspense (hobbled by editorializing) have much impact; the movie, necessarily shot in Thailand, plays like secret-history tourism, complete with archival footage haunting the screen.
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20
Only viewers wondering if James Van Der Beek has finally outgrown "Dawson's Creek" will be at all satisfied by this dreadful police procedural that contains good history lessons and bad TV-cop-show drama.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Formosa Films, Living Films
Release Date Feb 26, 2010
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline a search for Truth - a quest for Justice - a fight for Freedom
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Awards

San Diego Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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