Title : Escape From Huang Shi aka The Children Of Huang ShiGenre : Drama
Cast : Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Radha Mitchell
Rating : Not bad
Pic : movieexclusive.com
Synopsis:
The story is based on a true story of a young British reporter, George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) during Japan invasion in China, around 1937.
While covering news silently in Nanjing, George accidently finds out Japanese soldiers brutality, they gather boys and men in a big group then shoot them dead. Unfortunately, before leaving Nanjing, Japanese soldier caught him and seeing his photograps of mass slaughtery, the Japanese bring George to the field and prepare to cut down his neck with a sword. Within a minute before the sword touches his neck, somebody shoots the japanese and rescues George. Soon George realizes, the group of person rescue him, is China's communist army, leadered by a guy called Chen Han Sheng or Jack Chen (Yun-Fat Chow). Jack escorts George to reunite with his two friends Eddie Wei and Andy Fisher when he enters Nanjing. Find the two guys, George sees his friends shot in front him, and they begin to shot George and Jack.
Wakes up wounded, George meets Lee Pearson (Radha Mitchell) a doctor which suggest him to go to Huang Shi, where he can learn chinesse as his tools to cover news in the front line.
George ends up in an neglected orphanage of 60 boys. They throw stones to welcome him and one of the child, Shi Kai accepts letter written by Jack Chen and tear it. George is not welcome there, the children also wake him up in the middle of the night and beat him. Lee shows up and stop them. The children obey her since she is a doctor and they need her. Trying to show how to eradicate fleas, Lee uses George as her model, pour some talc to show that it won't harm anybody. The wild children bring so much trouble to George, especially Shi Kai whom always do anything to get rid of him, so he decides to leave the orphanage. Lee finds out and assured him that he only has no option but to stay and take care of the children.
Long after, George realizes he has no where but the place. He starts to clean the place, covers holes with papers, fixes generators so they will have an electricity. Courious children then starts to help him, with the help of Mrs. Wang (Michelle Yeoh) George buy some seeds and plants them, he also make a ball ring for the children to play basket ball. Soon the orphanage is changing better. The children are civilized and clean, they become a happy children during the bad time. One day, nationalist army come and ask the place to become their military base. George says no. Once the nationalists find out that it's a boy orphanage, George realize that they wants the boys to join the army. To avoid this, they should leave Huang Shi and go to Shandan near Gobi Dessert where no body wants to go there.
Comments:
One thing i notice at once, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a male version of Uma Thurman ^_^ hi hi, they're alike aren't they?
Ok, back to the movie, the movie was reminded me of The Painted Veil, maybe because the setting was also in China and there was also disease epidemic. I bet the audience of the movie think that this is a war movie, and it's about escaping from a great battle. I thought so, and not completely wrong, but this is not a war movie, the point is just to save the children to safer place, the war was just an addition. This movie also touching and brave, and at the end of the movie, you'll se the survivor children which said that George Hogg was their savior and because of them, they live.
Fun facts:
While covering news silently in Nanjing, George accidently finds out Japanese soldiers brutality, they gather boys and men in a big group then shoot them dead. Unfortunately, before leaving Nanjing, Japanese soldier caught him and seeing his photograps of mass slaughtery, the Japanese bring George to the field and prepare to cut down his neck with a sword. Within a minute before the sword touches his neck, somebody shoots the japanese and rescues George. Soon George realizes, the group of person rescue him, is China's communist army, leadered by a guy called Chen Han Sheng or Jack Chen (Yun-Fat Chow). Jack escorts George to reunite with his two friends Eddie Wei and Andy Fisher when he enters Nanjing. Find the two guys, George sees his friends shot in front him, and they begin to shot George and Jack.
Wakes up wounded, George meets Lee Pearson (Radha Mitchell) a doctor which suggest him to go to Huang Shi, where he can learn chinesse as his tools to cover news in the front line.
George ends up in an neglected orphanage of 60 boys. They throw stones to welcome him and one of the child, Shi Kai accepts letter written by Jack Chen and tear it. George is not welcome there, the children also wake him up in the middle of the night and beat him. Lee shows up and stop them. The children obey her since she is a doctor and they need her. Trying to show how to eradicate fleas, Lee uses George as her model, pour some talc to show that it won't harm anybody. The wild children bring so much trouble to George, especially Shi Kai whom always do anything to get rid of him, so he decides to leave the orphanage. Lee finds out and assured him that he only has no option but to stay and take care of the children.
Long after, George realizes he has no where but the place. He starts to clean the place, covers holes with papers, fixes generators so they will have an electricity. Courious children then starts to help him, with the help of Mrs. Wang (Michelle Yeoh) George buy some seeds and plants them, he also make a ball ring for the children to play basket ball. Soon the orphanage is changing better. The children are civilized and clean, they become a happy children during the bad time. One day, nationalist army come and ask the place to become their military base. George says no. Once the nationalists find out that it's a boy orphanage, George realize that they wants the boys to join the army. To avoid this, they should leave Huang Shi and go to Shandan near Gobi Dessert where no body wants to go there.
Comments:
One thing i notice at once, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a male version of Uma Thurman ^_^ hi hi, they're alike aren't they?
Ok, back to the movie, the movie was reminded me of The Painted Veil, maybe because the setting was also in China and there was also disease epidemic. I bet the audience of the movie think that this is a war movie, and it's about escaping from a great battle. I thought so, and not completely wrong, but this is not a war movie, the point is just to save the children to safer place, the war was just an addition. This movie also touching and brave, and at the end of the movie, you'll se the survivor children which said that George Hogg was their savior and because of them, they live.
Fun facts:
- This is the first official co production between Australia and China
- The movie uses approximately 10.000 extras
- The movie uses 3 languages: English, Chinesse, Japanese
- imdb.com
3 komentar:
ye ye ye
udah dapet versi audio dari resensi film ini. tinggal nontonnya yg blon. :P
ye...blog walking. btw nice blog and nice pic
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hua ha ha ha ha! ya iyalah, eykeh gitu loh! ^_^ senangnya jadi narsis
waaa okz neee referensi pelemnya, udah ada bajakannya lom yah hahaha;p
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