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Black Sun tells the story of the Nanking Massacre. In the
early stages of World War II the Japanese invaded the Chinese
city in a bid to claim the territory...
Call
me old fashioned but I've always considered the primary purpose
of a feature to be to entertain, no matter the genre I'm watching.
I'll admit up front that I'm not really a lover of war films
(there are a couple of exceptions to the rule), but the Nanking
Massacre is a real life atrocity from history when a great
deal of innocent people were raped, tortured or butchered
(sometimes all three) by generals and soldiers with no humanity.
Serve
me up any number of hack 'n' slash horror movies and I won't
bat an eyelid (although plot should come before gore every
time), but you'll forgive me for turning my nose up at the
prospect of viewing a graphic and bloody reinactment of one
of the worst moments in history. You can't exactly sit down
with your bucket of popcorn or your bottle of beer and enjoy
this. Okay, I know it's a film with actors playing roles,
but it simply made me feel uncomfortable, as if I were helplessly
watching the real event take place - especially when scenes
were punctuated with black and white WWII footage. If director
T.F. Mou's purpose was to shock with Black Sun, then
he's achieved his aim; however, I can't help thinking if an
historian wants to discover more about this dark chapter in
time, why not just seek out the news reels.
No
matter what the promotional packaging says, this is not a
horror film in the conventional sense and will not appeal
to cult fans. Tartan have released some great titles, but
if this and Last
House On Dead End Street
are anything to go by then perhaps they should drop
their Tartan Grindhouse range.
Not
for me.
Ty
Power
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