Operation Hadal
Operation Hadal or Operation Leviathan is a 2025 Chinese action war film. It is a follow-up to the 2018 film Operation Red Sea. Differing from the previous film's above-water action set-pieces, this film is about a nuclear submarine and features mainly underwater action. The film was produced by Bona Film Group and directed by Dante Lam, and it stars Huang Xuan, Yu Shi, Zhang Hanyu, and Du Jiang.
It was released in China on 29 January 2025. However, unlike Dante's previous two films, Operation Hadal was not a commercial success, as it faced criticisms over its weak character development, plot, and narrative and logical flaws.
Synopsis
In the near future, the People's [Liberation Army Navy|Chinese Navy] intercepts critical intelligence—an advanced super-submarine is secretly plotting a top-secret military operation against cities along China's southeastern coast. In response, China deploys its latest submarine, Longjing, to coordinate with the elite Jiaolong Squad in a high-stakes mission. The battlefield beneath the ocean is fraught with danger as the squad faces relentless traps, and the submarine engages in a series of intense confrontations with the enemy. As they maneuver through ambushes, they venture deep into the vast abyss filled with undersea volcanoes.Cast
- Huang Xuan as Meng Chuang, Jiaolong platoon leader
- Yu Shi as Han Xiao, Jiaolong platoon member
- Zhang Hanyu as Zhao Qihang, Commanding officer of the submarine Longjing
- Wang Junkai as Cao Honglang, Sonarman on the submarine Longjing
- Duan Yihong as Fang Yi, Chief of staff of a naval theater
- Du Jiang as Xu Hong, Jiaolong platoon second in-command and dynamiter
- Li Chen as Zhou Peilin, Second in-command of the submarine Longjing
- Wang Yanlin as Luo Xing, Sniper in Jiaolong platoon
- Jiang Luxia as Tong Li, Machine-gunner in Jiaolong platoon
- Elvis Han as Qin Dawei, Commando
- as Ding Xikai, Commando
- Gao Ge as Ling Feng, Commando
- Sun Yi as Xing Lei, Commando
- Yu Zhen as Gao Jun, Commando
- Yuan Wenkang as Chen Chang'an, Commando
- Ye He as Zhai Huan, Commando
- Bryan Larkin as Admiral Walter, the main Antagonist, a renegade Naval Admiral who mutinies and takes over a Shadow Class submarine the Abyss.