Operation Red Sea

Operation Red Sea
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese紅海行動
Simplified Chinese红海行动
Hanyu PinyinHóng Hǎi Xíngdòng
Directed byDante Lam
Written by
  • Feng Ji
  • Dante Lam
  • Chen Zhuzhu
  • Eric Lin
Produced byCandy Leung
Starring
Cinematography
  • Edward Fung
  • Horace Wong
Edited by
  • Choi Chi-hung
  • Lam Chi-hang
Music byElliot Leung
Production
companies
Release date
  • 16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Running time
139 minutes
CountriesChina
Hong Kong
Languages
  • Mandarin
  • English
  • Arabic
BudgetUS$70 million
Box officeUS$579.2 million
(CN¥3.65 billion)

Operation Red Sea (Chinese: 红海行动) is a 2018 action war film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang and Jiang Luxia. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is loosely based on the evacuation of Chinese communists and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during late March in 2015 Yemeni Civil War. According to Chinaculture.org, the film is in similar style to that of Operation Mekong.

It serves as the highlight film presented to audiences as a gift for the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, as well as the party's 19th National Congress. This film is said to be "China's first modern naval film". The film has grossed USD$579 million, and received critical acclaim from critics, making it currently the eleventh-highest-grossing ever in China and highest grossing Chinese film in 2018. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. A sequel, Operation Leviathan, was released in 2025.