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Title: Brutal and poorly acted
Review: While the trailer of this film shows its one strong suit - its cinematography - a few well-shot scenes can't carry this horrific film. Yes, I know war is violent. However, this film goes over the top with graphic scenes of brutality. This coupled with the poor performances of most of the actors in the film, including Christian Bale's, add up to a miserable experience. This appeared to me to a Chinese film which utterly demonized the Japanese to an almost cartoonish degree. Yes, I know the facts of the occupation of Nanking, but this was a shallow and brutal depiction of the situation there. It should be rated X for violence.
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