Formosa Betrayed
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Plot Summary
Inspired by true events, when a Taiwanese-American professor is murdered, FBI agent Jake Kelly (James Van Der Beek) races to track the killers back to Taiwan. Kelly soon finds himself immersed in a dangerous conspiracy as he dodges forces ranging from the U.S. State Department to the Chinese Mafia. A gripping thriller, Formosa Betrayed delivers an unbelievable true story that must be heard.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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34%- Reviews Counted: 29
- Fresh: 10
- Rotten: 19
- Average Rating: 5.0/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: The film is partly a tutorial on the tense relations among Taiwan (the island of Formosa), the Chinese mainland and the United States, and partly a clumsy cloak-and-dagger political thriller.
Rotten: A mostly pedestrian political thriller whose basis in true events adds little to the film's excitement or entertainment value.
Rotten: Neither the investigation nor the suspense (hobbled by editorializing) have much impact; the movie, necessarily shot in Thailand, plays like secret-history tourism.
Rotten: This is an unabashedly pro-democracy message movie. Judged strictly as drama, it's pretty routine.
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