The Worst Film Ever

An absolute waste of money

Absolutely amazing

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

If you prefer brutal realistic war movies than action hero Hollywood garbage then this is a movie for you.Gives you a depressive view of the Imperial Japanese occupation of Namkin in China showing what war can do to men and does not pick sides. Highly recommend this movie about a highly forgotten part of the start of WW2.

Astounding film. I'm still haunted by the masterful way the unblinking atrocities and the study of the human condition exist side by side in this film. It's not for the faint of heart, but for those who can make their way through the horror,there's much to take away from this film. Each character followed in this story fills a purpose. The opening is the actual occupation of Nanking, and it's just as unrelenting as Saving Private Ryan's D-Day sequence. Little dialogue, just war. The rest of the film chronicles the atrocities as it focuses on individuals. There are scenes in this film that I will take with me forever, like the best of films give you.

The atrocities committed in Nanking, the capital of China, by the Japanese in 1937 and 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War is a source of anger and resentment today.All kinds of torture were visited upon the residents, including live burials, mutilation, "death by fire", "death by ice", and "death by dogs". A survivor testifies to a killing contest amongst a group of Japanese soldiers to determine who could kill the fastest. The rape that occurred during the massacre was one of the greatest mass rapes in world history. It is estimated that the number of women raped ranged from 20,000 to as many as 80,000, and women from all classes were raped, including Buddhist nuns. Furthermore, rape occurred in all locations and at all hours, and both very young and very old women were raped. Not even pregnant women were spared. It wasn't limited to women as some men were forced to commit incest—fathers to rape their own daughters, brothers their sisters, sons their mothers.Writer-director Chuan Lu and cinematographer Yu Cao joined to present a film that was stunning and mesmerizing. They say that war is hell, and they were certainly describing what went on here. One does not have to understand a word of Japanese or Chinese to follow what is going on.The pain was more than evident and the horror is indescribable.

This is an important movie. It is a movie that shows the brutality of the Japanese army towards the Chinese people. It is an honest showing of how the Japanese raped, butchered and beat the people of Nanking. Nanking was not the only Asian city the Japanese brutalized people, they did it also in Korea and Vietnam. It is ashame that this movie will not get the recognition that it deserves. Why? Because it is about Chinese people being butchered. This film is the Chinese version of Schindler's List and it is deserving of recognition for it's subject matter. Interesting fact: not one single Japanese soldier/commander was ever hunted down and tried for these war crimes. That should have been just as important as hunting down the Germans for their war crimes. One race is not more important than another.