English, Chinese (U) 10 April 2008Distributor: Golden Screen Cinemas, Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Producer: Arthur Cohn, Wieland Schulz-Keil
Writer: Jane Hawksley, James MacManus
Casts: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh
Plot: Sixty orphaned Chinese boys attempt a perilous journey across the Liu Pan Shan mountains into the Mongolian desert to escape the Japanese invasion. Leading them is a young Englishman named George Hogg (Johnathan Rhys Meyers) with the help of Chen Hansheng (Chow Yun-Fat), the leader of a Chinese partisan group; Lee (Radha Mitchell), an Australian woman who provides medical assistance; and Madame Wang (Michelle Yeoh), an aristrocrat also fleeing for her life.
Our Verdict:
Green Tea says:
Inspiring true story of unknown hero - 3.0 stars
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