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Disgusting, sickening putrid, disturbing, perverse, shocking but it happened: this should be watched by all, especially those that never read "The Rape of Nanking" It is in Chinese but with English subtitles but the pics hits home. Nanking was brutalized, raped and cremated. As nobody should forget what the Nazis did Imperial Japan were bastards and can't be forgotten along with Turkey 1920 genocide of a few million Armenians, Assyrians, Coptics & other Christians; Pol Pot, Mao or Stalins killing of 40,000,000. The flick has numerous decapitations, disembowel a baby from the womb etc. but it's still a joke to what happened . The ending is a juxtaposition between the International Christian Zone celebrating Christmas and the Japanese celebrating their victory & pictures of what Japanese photo journalist & newsreels took which really hits you.
The "bomb" on them can be argued but in after Nanking & the Baton Death March no.. Nepalm Killed more any way both in Dresden & Tokyo then the bomb.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/27/23
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The Nanking Massacre was one of the biggest atrocities committed by the Japanese. This fourth film illustrates the harrowing nightmare of the crimes during the massacre. Like the first film, this is accurate in showing what it was like, and it has the take no prisoners feel that made the first film so disturbing. This is a piece of history in the sense that it happened, and it is somewhat of a necessary viewing in order for humanity to prevent these types of atrocities to happen again. The series is truly disturbing, but does work well as a teaching aid, in order for us to understand how history is essential in preventing us from this sort of thing again. This is a hard film to watch and it is graphic in its content, but it's how it was. This was what the Japanese did in Nanking, and it is a disturbing, but necessary portrait of the tragic events that happened. As a whole, it's a decent film, but like the original, is only worth seeing once, if you can handle due to its content. There are aspect that could have been improved upon, but the director did a fairly decent job at capturing the chaos of the atrocities on film. Despite this, this doesn't warrant multiple viewings and it should be seen if only you're interested in the history of the ordeal. Watch it with the understanding that this is a film that will most likely offend, and in that respect, you won't forget it, because after all, this is a film based on real events, and the Nanking Massacre was one of the many tragic mass murders that occurred during the Second World War.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/07/23
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War drama which is fast paced and full of symbolism. The gore is made well and not too overdone. It has gore in it but I wouldn't classify it as gore. More regular movies should have casual gore in them.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/18/23
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A 90 minute journey into what is allegedly one of the greatest atrocities in human history. The Rape of Nanking is still a hugely contentious subject and I can only hope that this brutal and gruesome vision is exaggerated. A couple of sequences in the movie are breathtaking but mainly this is just quite difficult viewing.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/13/23
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Not a bad film. But not particularly great, either. I went into it knowing it's notoriety as an exploitation film, so I was not particularly shocked by most of the outrageous parts (excluding the particular scene consisting of an unborn baby and a bayonet). The film attempts a first person look at the horrors of Nanking Massacre from the side of the Chinese. Although it is not the typical movie when one thinks of war films, it is very moving. I would say, see it.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/25/23
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(*** 1/2): Thumbs Up
The film was dark and violent but it kept me interested throughout. A tough film to watch but it was a powerful experience.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
01/18/23
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