I think the only value of this film is as an excuse for people who know more about Taiwan (like me) to talk about what actually happened.

| Aug 19, 2022

Formosa Betrayed works better as a history lesson than as a political thriller.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 21, 2011

...a hopelessly uninvolving and thoroughly routine piece of work from start to finish...

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 25, 2010

Worth a look for the history lesson. Just remember it is a history lesson.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 18, 2010

The sturdy political thriller Formosa Betrayed is laudable for adding the voice of native Formosans to the usual two-sided debate that reaches the American media.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 15, 2010

It's a passionate labor of love that pointedly criticizes the U.S. government's failure to recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation, independent of mainland China.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 8, 2010

Formosa Betrayed is a history lesson dressed up as an action movie. The lesson is pretty interesting; the movie is just the far-fetched plot it hangs on.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 2, 2010

As thrillers go, this one is lacking in edge-of-the-seat moments. It just never ignites.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 2, 2010

A movie that shows us the desperation and danger of living under martial law in Taiwan during the early '80s, yet somehow never delivers the emotional gut punch the subject matter deserves.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 2, 2010

Formosa Betrayed, a ho-hum college history lecture about modern Taiwan awkwardly disguised as a political thriller, has its heart almost in the right place.

| Apr 1, 2010

In general, the pacing of the action is sluggish. Moreover, stylistic flourishes are distracting rather than enhancing.

| Mar 25, 2010

When you hear dialogue like: "So, what do you know about the history of my country?" you know you're in for a whole lot of exposition

| Original Score: C- | Mar 25, 2010

Actor/co-screenwriter/producer Will Tiao's heartfelt agitprop history-lesson about Taiwan is a tightly wound thriller that takes no prisoners.

| Original Score: B | Mar 21, 2010

Obviously heartfelt but somewhat stilted and disjointed.

| Original Score: C- | Mar 19, 2010

Formosa Betrayed begins rather awkwardly, but ends by making a statement that explains a great many things.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 18, 2010

A riveting thriller offering an array of history lessons and teachable moments about freedom.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 6, 2010

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 온라인카지노추천-cop-show drama.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 26, 2010

This is a lot of Graham Greene hugger-mugger, the tale of a rube who believes that he can do good abroad.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 26, 2010

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 26, 2010

A mostly pedestrian political thriller whose basis in true events adds little to the film's excitement or entertainment value.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 26, 2010