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Sunday, November 4, 2012

EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987)


Director: Steven Spielberg 

Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson

 
Plot Summary: A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.


Christian Bale, then 13, is a revelation as Jim, an obnoxious British colonial child being brought up in luxury in China. One of Spielberg's most underestimated films, this survival saga of a boy separated from his parents in WWII Shanghai is necessarily episodic, but it's beautifully rendered. Empire of the Sun is not as graphic as the hellish worlds of Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, but Spielberg doesn't sugarcoat the horrors of war.

 
Aarnav’s Rating: 8/10

 

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