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The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

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User Rating: 7.1/10 (421 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Roger Spottiswoode
Writers:
Jane Hawksley (writer)
James MacManus (writer)
Release Date:
3 April 2008 (China) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama | History more
Plot:
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
1930s | Child | Journalist | Nurse
User Comments:
Good but not great story of a man saving children in time of war more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers ... George Hogg

Radha Mitchell ... Lee Pearson

Yun-Fat Chow ... Chen Hansheng

Michelle Yeoh ... Mrs. Wang
Guang Li ... Shi-Kai
Lin Ji ... Horse Rider
Matt Walker ... Fisher
Anastasia Kolpakova ... Duschka
Ping Su ... Eddie Wei
Imai Hideaki ... Japanese Officer
Sciichiro Hashimoto ... Urbane Japanese Officer
Shinichi Takashima ... Hostile Kempetai Officer
Xing Mang ... Young Communist
Ruixiang Zhu ... Japanese Officer II
Yuelong Fang ... Rou Ding
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Children of the Silk Road (Australia)
Escape from Huang Shi (Singapore: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some disturbing and violent content.
Runtime:
114 min
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
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Marks the first official co-production between Australia and China. more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Good but not great story of a man saving children in time of war, 27 April 2008
6/10
Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

Film version of the life of George Hogg. Hogg was a British national who went to China during the Rape of Nanking as a reporter and ended up taking care of a bunch of orphans in the face of Japanese barbarity on the Chinese people.

The version I saw was dubbed completely in Chinese and had English subtitles. As it stands now its a good but rather standard film about a man who tried to do something in the face of war. The film stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Hogg. He's fine, but I don't think he's given much to do since much of the action seems to be reduced to cliché, even the romance with the broken Australian nurse has the feeling of been there. Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yoeh have small but important roles (respectively) as a general who befriends Hogg and a black marketeer who helps him. I liked it but didn't love it (its one of those films thats "almost.." but isn't and falls between the cracks). Perhaps because of the possibly bad subtitles or more likely the clichéd script the under appreciated Roger Spottiswoode used just isn't great. This isn't to say there aren't a couple of great set pieces, there are, the attack on the train in particular, but its not enough to raise the film from the near great to the great, or from nearly very good to very good. It just sort of misses. The just sort of misses feeling was re-enforced after I read some pieces on line which gives more details on the real George Hogg (He needs a miniseries about his life not two hour film) 6ish out of 10

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