As powerful as its title

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 1999)

It's not often that a movie title is an introduction to what is to come in a movie. Just read the title "Empire of the Sun", and it evokes power. Watch the movie and be touched for hours afterwards. This is the first movie I remember ever watching...I was only 4 or 5, and at that age, you never really understand what's happening. However, I remember loving the music, that song that the boys' choir sang at the beginning was just genius. To have watched it 6 years later, at the age of 11, on the laserdisc, made me certain that it was the best movie ever made. It's right up there as my number 1 movie of all time.
There you go, short and sweet, quite the opposite of the movie.