The Flowers of War (2011) --Chinese
IMDB-7.4
RJG Rating-
85
In the massacre of Nanking 1937 ,an American takes shelter in a church along with a group of girls..
Starring-Christian Bale ,Ni Ni,Zhang Xinyi,Tong Dawei
Director-Zhang Yimou
Flowers Of War is a brutal movie which captures the terrors that the
Chinese faced during the massacre of Nanking.The movie is well shot and
has a solid cast...
The first half of the movie, which is
action packed,is lead by Tong Dawei who plays Major Li ..The second half
is more of drama and it is taken up strongly by Christian Bale and Ni
Ni...
The good points of the movie are its top class war scenes
at the beginning of the movie, and the performances of the entire
cast..
But the negative points include some over the top scenes which are highly unlikely to have taken place during a war..
The direction is good and the story engaging...And with the performances rock solid,Flowers of War is an excellent watch...
Acting-4.5/5
Direction-4/5
Story-4/5
Drama-4.5/5
