Based on real events that occurred during the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami. There are not many disaster scenes. It mainly depicts how the heroine takes her son to save herself, save people, and reunite with her husband after the disaster. Therefore, compared with disaster films, this film is more suitable for a drama, with great expectations. The audience of the scene will be disappointed. In the face of natural disasters, human beings are always insignificant. The tsunami in Southeast Asia actually spread to the east coast of Africa. At that time, Jet Li was on vacation in the Maldives in the middle, and his life was hanging by a thread.
It is reported that when the tsunami occurred, kung fu superstar Jet Li was on vacation in the Maldives with his family. At that time, Jet Li's family of eight stayed in a hotel near the sea to rest. It was very critical. The sea was surging and poured directly into the hotel room. Jet Li held his 4-year-old daughter with one hand and paddled the water with the other. After several ups and downs, he almost died. After the disaster, he called for the establishment of the "One Foundation" to help more people in need.
On December 26, 2004, an earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale occurred in the waters near Sumatra Island, Indonesia, which triggered a tsunami, causing heavy loss of life and property in countries along the Indian Ocean. Although the magnitude of the earthquake was very high and the surrounding areas were shaken, the greatest threat to human beings was the tsunami caused by the earthquake . It was the strongest earthquake since the Chile earthquake in 1960 and the Good Friday earthquake in Alaska in 1964. It was also the second largest earthquake since 1900. It triggered a tsunami as high as 10 meters and affected Oman and Africa in the Persian Gulf. Somalia, Mauritius, Reunion and other countries on the east coast caused huge casualties and property losses.
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