I don't go much for reviews of films and certainly generally avoid joining threads that are 1181 pages long but felt I had to mention this film somewhere...
Purple Sunset (2001)
Set in northeastern China in the last month of WW2, it follows a small group (Chinese, Russian and Japanese) who fate has thrown together. I wont say any more for two reasons - firstly, it's not predictable so it would spoil the viewing "pleasure", secondly, I doubt I could review to an adequate standard.
It comes under the heading of an anti-war movie but without shoving pacifism in your face - much like "All Quiet on the Western Front" (only better). It's clearly been done on a low budget but as low-budget films go, I'd say that the budget has been well-spent. They could have spent 10s of millions more on it without markedly improving the outcome. Dubbing into English (it's in Chinese with English subtitles) would be the only thing that I'd suggest worthy of an investment of few quid.
Anyway, give it a go.
Purple Sunset (2001)
Set in northeastern China in the last month of WW2, it follows a small group (Chinese, Russian and Japanese) who fate has thrown together. I wont say any more for two reasons - firstly, it's not predictable so it would spoil the viewing "pleasure", secondly, I doubt I could review to an adequate standard.
It comes under the heading of an anti-war movie but without shoving pacifism in your face - much like "All Quiet on the Western Front" (only better). It's clearly been done on a low budget but as low-budget films go, I'd say that the budget has been well-spent. They could have spent 10s of millions more on it without markedly improving the outcome. Dubbing into English (it's in Chinese with English subtitles) would be the only thing that I'd suggest worthy of an investment of few quid.
Anyway, give it a go.