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The Flowers of War
The film tells the story of an American (Christian Bale) who tries to protect a group of Chinese students and prostitutes from Japanese soldiers in 1937 Nanjing. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
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5 May 1968, Tokyo, Japan
15 February 1988, Wuhu, Anhui, China
September 12, 2012
The filming techniques cross Saving Private Ryan with Zimou's own Hero and other dynastic, martial arts-driven Chinese epics.
August 03, 2012
It can look tremendous, even if Zhao Xiaoding's hyper-stylised '90-retro cinematography sits uneasily beside relentless bloodshed and sexual violations.
January 19, 2012
All Zhang's splendor does is foster cognitive dissonance in an audience.
August 02, 2012
Maudlin make-believe in which a molecule of fact has been dropped like vermouth into a martini ...
May 03, 2015
A florid, melodramatic tear-jerker of questionable taste but undeniable emotional impact.
August 02, 2012
Bale is forthright and emotional in the role, and with a hint of boyish vulnerability, even reminds us of his 13-year-old self in Spielberg's Empire of the Sun.
March 29, 2012
"The Flowers of War" seems like a pretty good film until you begin to think about it.
August 05, 2012
It contributes nothing of value to an understanding of these events.
January 19, 2012
A strange hybrid of "City of Life and Death" and "Father Goose" that nevertheless, in the hands of Zhang Yimou, musters a few striking moments.
February 24, 2012
An unsettling mixture of spectacular brutality and sentimentality that might make even Steven Spielberg blush.
July 31, 2012
Zhang's flamboyant camera choreography and diva-ish flounces of melodrama are vivid but misplaced.
February 23, 2012
The director's grip on the drama is often weakened by his penchant for creating spectacles.