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What's that odd look on your face, Mr. Bale? The first official poster, in Chinese, for Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War has been posted over on our friend's blog RecentMoviePosters. Originally titled Nanjing Heroes or 13 Flowers of Nanjing, this true life tale stars Christian Bale as an American trapped amidst the chaos of battle in 1937 during the Nanking Massacre, when Japan's army overran China's capital city. While the color on the rest of the poster is quite alluring, I have no idea why they chose Bale with that facial expression, but it's a film we're keeping a close eye on coming up, so I wanted to feature the poster anyway.
www.ges-sa.co.za | Set in the time of war against Japan and China we find a man with only one goal and a convent of girl with another. John (Christian Bale) is a mortician who came to china to bury the priest who ran the British established Catholic Church and convent. Being there for no other reason but to bury the priest and get his money he is stuck in the middle of a war zone with a bunch of girls from the convent. All these girls want is to get out to a safe place and all John wants is to get paid and go home but that does not happen.
Jeremy of We Got This Covered wrote, "Yimou Zhang‘s The Flowers of War is currently the most expensive Chinese film ever made, starring Christian Bale and gathering numerous awards nominations, including a Golden Globe nomination in 2011. You’d think all of this praise and attention would mean that movie is at the very least a dramatic war film with a gripping story and intense performances. The Flowers of War is dramatic and does contain one notable performance, but aside from that performance and some expertly shot battle sequences, it’s merely just another lengthy Chinese war epic that could use a trimming in the editing room and a little more flavor in the casting department."
Nicholas of Movies Hate You Too writes:
Last week’s Blu-ray releases were on the paltry side with the holiday but this week’s schedule is packed mostly thanks to Warner Brothers releasing a large amount of catalog titles.
Nick’s Blu-ray Pick of the Week: This week I have two because couldn’t make up my mind. First up we have...
I can't say that's the best poster that I've ever seen.