Empire of the Sun 1987 Watch Free in HD

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. There his noble spirit allows him to survive the hardships and even regard his imprisonment as an exciting adventure.

Genre:

War, History, Drama

Actors:

Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips, Masatô Ibu, Emily Richard, Rupert Frazer, Peter Gale, Takatarô Kataoka, ...»

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Country:

United States

Release:

1987

IMDb:

7.7

Quality:

Duration:

153 min

Gene Siskel

This is derivative melodrama with Spielberg hedging his bets by ripping off his previous adventure films to lighten a story that cries out not to be turned into a comic book.

October 26, 2016

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Tim Brayton

The best mix in his directorial career between typical Spielbergian flourishes of audience-friendly spectacle and seriousness of intent.

April 07, 2013

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David Sterritt

[Empire of the Sun] has too much childish buoyancy to serve the disturbing historical events it's ostensibly based on.

October 26, 2016

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Sheila Benson

The film's grave problem is a lack of central heating: We don't have a single character to warm up to.

October 26, 2016

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Dennis Schwartz

Spielberg knows how to tell a story and this one is worth telling.

August 21, 2014

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Variety Staff

No special use is made of the talents of Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano and the others, so it is up to young English thesp Bale to engage the viewer's interest, which he does superbly.

June 02, 2008

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Cathy Burke

Empire of the Sun is a breathtaking movie in its scope and energy. It's just that, true to its childlike quality, this film is just a little too over-anxious to get its point across.

August 23, 2016

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Dave Kehr

Empire of the Sun wants very badly to be a great film, though as Steven Spielberg really ought to know by now, wishing doesn't make it so.

October 26, 2016

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Richard Corliss

Spielberg has dreamed of flying before, and this time he earns his wings.

May 17, 2009

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Joanna Berry

Now considered a trial run for the more moving, horrifying and involving Schindler's List, Steven Spielberg's drama, set in China during the Second World War, is a glossy and rather tame affair.

October 26, 2016

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

The pseudomystical vagueness that seems to be Spielberg's stock-in-trade stifles most of the particularity of the source.

October 26, 2016

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