TV series

Soldiers Sortie

2006–2007 · 1 season

A slow, earnest portrait of a simple country boy hardening into a soldier, equal parts gruelling and tender.

Overview: As a Chinese special forces operative falls from a beam to his possible death during a mission, he recalls the path he took as a dimwitted young man in rural China to reach this point.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, identity, friendship, loyalty
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
friendship
loyalty
survival
Places: military
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none