Empire of the Sun (DVD) Reviews

This film is somehow glued in my mind as an epic movie. I think I must have seen it, or bits of it, half a dozen times over the years before sitting down to watch the lot. Of all the old film reviews I am currently writing, this is the only film that I actually want to rewatch right now, as it truly is a masterpiece. Hailing from 1987, and being ...  Read the complete review

empire of the sun is a 1987 film directed by steven spielberg and starring Christian bale and John malkavich, Based on the novel by J G Ballerd the story follows a young boy as he is tron away in a panic from hs parents in A japenese occupied wartime shanghai and sent to an internant camp as he tries to survice and learns abut death and ...  Read the complete review

Empire of the Sun is an epic movie released in year 1987. Movie is an adoption of the novel Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard but the screenplay was written by Tom Stoppard. Film was directed by the greatest director Steven Spielberg. Film was produced by Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall. This is a story of James Graham who is separated from his ...  Read the complete review

This is quite a strange film in my opinion and at the end of it all if you are like me you will think that you've watched a real load of incredibly boring rubbish but that the sound track was very good and brilliant in places. Not surprisingly then the sound track is composed by John Williams. The story is about a middle ...  Read the complete review

Released in 1988, Empire of the Sun is a brilliant epic movie set during the second world war. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the movie introduced a very young Christian Bale to the silver screen, who we all know by now has gone on to become a household name. The movie is set around the Japanese invasion of China, during the second ...  Read the complete review

Jamie (Christian Bale) is a privileged, young boy living in the suburbs of Shanghai in 1941. His father is a rich businessman with a large house complete with servants allowing his spoilt son to attend prep school, sing in the choir and dream of growing up to be a fighter pilot. His dreams are shattered when Japanese forces invade Shanghai ...  Read the complete review

Empire of the Sun (1987) Cast List Jim Graham – Christian Bale Basie – John Malkovich Jim’s mother – Emily Richard Jim’s father – Rupert Frazer Mrs Victor – Miranda Richardson Dr Rawlins – Nigel Havers Maxton – Leslie Phillips Frank Demarest – Joe ...  Read the complete review

This overly long but terrific movie tells the story of a privileged young Briton living the good life in Shanghai until the Japanese invasion during World War II. The boy (Christian Bale) ends up separated from his parents, and is shipped to a nighmarish life in a prison camp where he falls in with a seedy American wheeler-dealer (John ...  Read the complete review