Takes it time early on but Christian Bale's amazing central performance and it's sense of epic as it draws on make it ultimately another unforgettable war film, the brutality not as harsh as elsewhere but still harrowing.
This review of Empire of the Sun (1987) was written by Jussi M on 30 Apr 2013.
Empire of the Sun has generally received very positive reviews.
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