Movie Info
Genre :
Drama, History, WarRelease Date :
May 23, 2008 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Roger SpottiswoodeStarring :
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Radha Mitchell, David Wenham, Guang Li, Matt Walker, Ping Su, Anastasia Kolpakova
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“..Laborious and artificial..”
“..BEAUTIFUL but boring..”
“..a cold, dry movie with all the taste of water and white bread..”
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
Reader's Reviews
Good story with great narrative and geogrphical sweep but sadly let down by wooden acting of Rhys-Meyers. Who knew that Chow Yun-Fat's english was so good and that in speaking it his acting skills abandoned him.
posted by Ann Lesley on Oct 15, 2008Good story with great narrative and geogrphical sweep but sadly let down by wooden acting of Rhys-Meyers. Who knew that Chow Yun-Fat's english was so good and that in speaking it his acting skills would so wilfully abandoned him.
posted by Ann Lesley on Oct 15, 2008Good story with great narrative and geogrphical sweep but sadly let down by wooden acting of Rhys-Meyers. Who knew that Chow Yun-Fat's english was so good and that in speaking it his acting skills would so wilfully abandoned him.
posted by Ann Lesley on Oct 15, 2008Great story & cinematography. Loved it! I thought Rhys-Meyers was perfect for the role.
posted by Debbie on Feb 07, 2009Nice to have George Hogg's story brought to light in such a wonderful movie.
posted by runner on Feb 07, 2009
Wow! What a story! But why no soundtrack available? Beautiful movie..
posted by Moonchild on Feb 07, 2009I would love to own the soundtrack, it is such a lovely score! I especially love the amazing cinematography, the shots were so beautiful!
posted by lucy on Nov 04, 2009