Empire of Jerks.....

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2015)

I give this film a 10 out of 10 because I think it is a great movie. With that said, I find every character in the movie a total jerk. The main kid is a royal pain in the butt. He is a stuck-up brat with a wise guy answer for every question. The Chinese are presented as butt-kissers, beggars, and crooks. The Japanese military are sadists, psycho killers, and heartless butchers. The Americans are shown as an array of criminals, gamblers, backstabbers, cut-throats and heartless thugs. I really couldn't relate much to any of them. Only at the end did I find my emotions ; in the last few minutes. Maybe during times of war people act just like the characters in this film. Human emotions, feelings, compassion, and understanding are lacking in this movie. Then, again, it is lacking in the world we live in. Still, great acting makes Empire of the Sun a ten.