From internationally celebrated director Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Hero, House Of Flying Daggers) comes a story of love and war – and a band of outcasts who emerge as unlikely heroes from the shadows of a city's occupation. At once lyrical and visceral, the film enters the apocalyptic world of Nanjing in 1937 only to find a vibrant human story about the invisible people of the city and a series of unexpected relationships that lead to a resonant act of sacrifice.
It begins when the danger in the streets of Nanjing throws together a group of opposites –a flock of shell-shocked school children, a dozen seductive courtesans, and a renegade American (Academy Award winner Christian Bale, The Fighter, The Dark Knight) posing as a priest to save his own skin, or so he thinks – all seeking safety behind a walled cathedral. Trapped by marauding soldiers, over the next few days the prejudices and divides between them will fall away as they unite around a last-ditch plan to protect the children from impending catastrophe.
On Monday, N & I got to watch the preview of Flowers of War. At first I thought it would be a normal cliche war movie but surprisingly, it was really good and intriguing. The movie was touching, emotional and funny at some parts but most importantly, it really showed how brutal the Japanese were during the Nanjing Massacre.
It was quite disturbing to know that girls of all ages were not spared. Even young convent girls were raped as they viewed them as young virgins. The worse thing was that after the Japanese raped the females repeatedly and killed them, they would still tortured them. If you ever read the book, The Rape of Nanking, the movie was exactly like the pictures shown in the book. Really gruesome.
The main actress acting as one of the courtesans/prostitutes, NiNi is really pretty. At a later part of the movie when she changed her hairstyle, she looked so different and sweet. I like this movie, it is very different from most of the movies I watched normally. I am glad I chose this movie to watch! Go catch Flowers of War! I will give it a 4/5!
THE FLOWERS OF WAR (Rated NC16 for Violence & Sexual Violence) will be released in theatres island-wide on 29 March 2012.
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