Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

SnoopyStyle It's 1937. Japan has conquered much of northern China leaving alone the foreign quarters of Shanghai. Japanese forces attack Nanjing, several hours west of Shanghai. British reporter George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) arrives in Shanghai and sneaks into Nanjing. He starts documenting massacres committed by the Japanese. He is almost executed when he's rescued by communist Chen Hansheng (Chow Yun-fat) and his men. He is directed to an orphanage by nurse Lee Pearson (Radha Mitchell). Mrs. Wang (Michelle Yeoh) is a local trader. As the war approaches, they lead some sixty orphaned boys on a long journey to safety in the desert.It's a sincere adaptation of a true story but the drama struggles to come out. There are many interesting instances along the way. There are some big scenes. However none of them really rises in terms of tension and the whole movie is unable to pull all of the disparate pieces together. JRM is good and so is the rest of the cast. There isn't much tension or emotional coherence.

sddavis63 George Hogg was a British journalist in the 1930's who managed to get into Nanjing during the Japanese occupation of China, and who witnessed examples of Japanese atrocities while he was there. Circumstances led him to an orphanage, where he took it upon himself to keep the 60 or so children in the orphanage safe from the Japanese by eventually leading them on a 1000 kilometre hike to a place of safety on the edge of the Gobi Desert.There are a few scattered scenes of excitement here, revolving mostly around the Japanese. Those scenes are well done, with some especially well portrayed strafing runs by Japanese fighter planes against civilian targets. For the most part, though, this is not an exciting movie. It's a worthy movie. It's a story that deserves to be told. Jonathon Rhys Meyers was quite believable as Hogg, and there's a great depiction of China - all the way from the scenery along the way as the group journeys, to some reflection (probably not enough) on the tensions between the Communists and the Nationalists, who worked out an uneasy alliance with each other to defeat the Japanese during the occupation.The movie seemed to me a bit too long. In particular, after the opening few minutes, when the Japanese atrocity in Nanjing occurs, the next hour or so until the journey begins is quite slow going. Overall, though, this is a good tribute to George Hogg, and I especially liked the very moving reflections offered as the closing credits rolled by some of the orphans (now adults) who shared their memories.

eldino33 This movie is better titled "Lord Greystoke among the Chinese" since again the Englishman does well among the "savages" (Hogg's term, not mine). "Let's play hoops" he says. In 1937, basketball players were "cagers" not hoopsters. Alas, Hogg teaches Chinese orphans one-handed jump shops at a time when two-handed set shoots or two- handed bucket shots were the standard. This Tarzan also repairs a rusted steam generator, so much so that he provides power the enormous school building, and the place lights up! How did all those light bulbs survive when the school is in shambles from the war? Our Red Cross nurse leaves the school in March to return in May, during which time Hogg and his pupils manage to grow an enormous amount of sunflower plants in a new garden, while teaching English, basketball, and fair play. Jane (oops, I mean the nurse) practices medical blackmail to protect her purity by assuring that the natives "won't mess with me" for if they do they won't get their lockjaw medicine and die "very, very slowly." Better to see The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.

Chrysanthepop 'The Children of Huang Shi' tells an important story of how a journalist rescued 60 Chinese orphans during the war between China and Japan. It is a heroic story but one that has tragic consequences. At first I thought it was a Hollywood movie as the dramatization was apparent and some of the sequences felt very Hollywoodish. However, it's actually an Australian production. I still wonder why Spottiswoode chose to dramatize it so much. The landscape is beautifully captured on screen as it juxtaposes with the tragedy of the war that is shown through the killings and the dead bodies. The movie feels slightly rushed in the beginning as one thing happens after another in rapid succession. However, once George makes it to the orphanage, the story unfolds smoothly. Initially, Jonathan Rhys Meyers looks very uncomfortable but once George settles in the orphanage, Meyers seems more at ease and does a brilliant job from then on. Radha Mitchell oscillates with her accent but otherwise she's quite decent. Chow Yun Fat provides some wonderful comic relief while playing his part naturally and Michelle Yeoh shines as a 'great lady'. The children actors too do a splendid job.There isn't much of a history lesson about the war but then again the story stays focused on Hogg and the orphans. Their relationship to him is the key part of the story which is superbly depicted. In addition, while the closing credits role, we get to witness a moving montage of some of the real children of Huang Shi, now aged, talking about Hogg and what he meant to them. Though dramatized, 'The Children of Huang Shi' is very much a watchable film and, every once in a while, the world needs to be reminded of such heroes who made a difference against all odds.