Filled with ambitious directing and epic scenes, "Empire of the Sun" suffers from an oddly black-and-white depiction of events. What really sinks this film is the completely misplaced melodrama and storytelling solutions that are too plainly manipulative.
This review of Empire of the Sun (1987) was written by Mikael K on 01 Jan 2009.
Empire of the Sun has generally received very positive reviews.
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