The Flowers of War (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: July 10, 2012
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Christian Bale & Ni Ni | |
| Directed by | Zhang Yimou | |
| Screenwriting by | Liu Heng |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 2/5 --
Zhang gives his fondness for chaste melodrama and shimmering colours full rein: it's a style that suits his courtly martial arts films such as Hero, but this material would have benefited from a more Spielbergian, or perhaps David Lean-ian, approach.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
4 stars out of 5 -- Zhang Yimou's visually stunning style is evident throughout his latest, and most ambitious film, THE FLOWERS OF WAR.
Box Office
Rating: 3/5 --
It can look tremendous, even if Zhao Xiaoding's hyper-stylised '90-retro cinematography sits uneasily beside relentless bloodshed and sexual violations.
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Irish Times
[T]he film finds plenty of moments in which Zhang's skill as a filmmaker and his deft handling and interest in female characters shines...
Movieline
Rating: 3/5 --
The filming techniques cross Saving Private Ryan with Zimou's own Hero and other dynastic, martial arts-driven Chinese epics.
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Birmingham Post
Rating: 2/5 --
Maudlin make-believe in which a molecule of fact has been dropped like vermouth into a martini ...
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Financial Times
Rating: 2/5 --
"The Flowers of War" seems like a pretty good film until you begin to think about it.
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Arizona Republic
Product Description:
American John Miller (Christian Bale) seeks sanctuary in a Chinese cathedral during the 1937 Nanking Massacre, hiding out from Japanese Imperial forces alongside courtesans and frightened schoolgirls as a shocking crime against humanity unfolds just outside.
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- UPC: 031398154228
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