The GuardianBatman swaps Gotham for China as Christian Bale stars in The Flowers of War, writes Robbie Collin.
The GuardianZhang Yimou's film about the brutal Japanese invasion of Nanjing looks and tastes like Hollywood hokum, but it is heartfelt ...
Chicago Sun-TimesOne of the ancient ploys of the film industry is to make a film about non-white people and find a way, however convoluted, t...
The New York TimesZhang Yimou revisits the Nanjing massacre of 1937 by making something resembling a backstage musical, with breaks for the oc...
New York PostBattle scenes are spectacular - great explosions! - but most of the screen time is taken up by a contrived and schmaltzy scr...
New York Daily NewsYimou turns the Rape of Nanking into a visually stunning melodrama. But the effect of such extreme contrast is unsettling to...
Chicago Sun-TimesA third of a million may be dead, but for our purposes, all depends on the survival of these young women, and the redemption...
The Philadelphia InquirerA strange hybrid of City of Life and Death and Father Goose that nevertheless, in the hands of Zhang Yimou, musters a few st...
Hollywood ReporterAn unconvincing yarn of hookers, convent girls and a phony priest during the Nanjing massacre.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Zhang Yimou
Writer: Heng Liu
Studio: Unknown
Cast: Christian Bale, Shigeo Kobayashi
Release: December 16, 2011
Writer: Heng Liu
Studio: Unknown
Cast: Christian Bale, Shigeo Kobayashi
Release: December 16, 2011
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