War is hell...

Rating: 8/10 (8 January 2020)

This is NOT an action war movie whatsoever. Not meant to be enjoyable. It's bleak and sad. This is a subtle, yet intense portrait of the pain and courage humans show when they are at risk of dying.
This haunting and devastating Chinese world war 2 story is shocking, portraying all the lowest of the lowest evils humans are capable of. War is hell. War makes humans desperate for survival by any means possible and survival of a group of orphan children at a church is what this story is all about. Christian Bale accidentally becomes the saviour of these vulnerable children at the church. Will he be able to protect them from harm from the raging war?
Shocking, yet also very touching and inspiring tale about evil and love in desperate times of war.