The Children of Huang Shi

Who was George Hogg, really? Do an Internet search and you'll see that his name is variously interpreted as a "footballer," a midshipman on the Titantic, and various unknowns in genealogy charts. But Nie Quangpei, a Chinese orphan whose life Hogg... Full review

This is a top quality movie; it is inspirational. Jonathan Rhys Meyers' acting was superb. The scenery was beautiful and the children were touching. I highly recommend this movie. Here was a true hero in every sense of the word. George... Full review

"The Japanese are not savages," insists George Hogg(Jonathan Rhys Meyers)to a fellow photo-journalist, while from their vehicle, we see refugees traverse the Nanking roadsides and the Japanese soldiers who keep the Chinese capital under siege. Both men find themselves in... Full review

I really loved this movie though many may disagree and find it a bit childish, i prefer to look at it as a message of hope. OK, Maybe hope is a lie,blah blah...but sometimes, just sometimes, we need to pretend... Full review

Greetings again from the darkness. It is difficult to imagine a more powerful, emotional story than the real life heroism of George Hogg. He was a British journalist who truly saved the life and dreams of 60 war Chinese war... Full review

This movie would have been better as a fantasy instead of a historical drama. It would have made more sense that way. Children of Huangshi starts off with a bang, appearing as if it's going to be some epic masterpiece, but... Full review

I watched this movie last Saturday, and here are some feelings of mine. "The children of Huangshi" brought me an vivid image of the reality during the pre-WWⅡ. George Hogg, also known as Heke was a courageous, insistent and responsible... Full review

As a Chinese,I Was moved by Hogg.He was a foreigner to Chinese,but he did his best to look after all the children.At first,he thought the only thing he wanted to do was to let the world know the china's events.Teaching... Full review

So the posters have Chow Yun Fat's mug splattered in the center and given top billing. However, this is actually Jonathan Rhys Meyers' vehicle as he plays the central character of George Hogg, an Associated Press reporter who smuggles himself... Full review

To those who can remember that far, this movie has close kinship, or is even a non-identical twin to, "The Inn of six Happiness" where Ingrid Bergman portrayed Gladys Aylward, an English woman who escaped with 100 Chinese children from... Full review

There's an epic-scale scene in "The Children of Huang Shi" where you could almost expect its hero to run into characters from Steven Spielberg's 1987 epic "Empire of the Sun. Despite the skillful contributions of cinematographer Zhao Xiaoding (whose work on "Hero" was masterfully exquisite), the film's breathtaking Chinese locations can't compensate for characters too thinly developed to keep us emotionally invested in their fates. ... Full Review

And yet, something doesn't sit right, whether it's Jonathan Rhys Meyers' pretty-boy visage, the old schoolhouse that's just a little too romantically dilapidated or the superfluous love affair with a local nurse amidst the backdrop of war crimes, tetanus outbreaks and opium addictions. ... Full Review

Despite occasional tense moments, the story travels just about the route one would expect, including planting a vegetable garden to feed the boys. More interesting is Michelle Yeoh's Mrs. Wang, a sort of "dragon lady" merchant who befriends Hogg, keeps him supplied with provisions and seeds and even her secret stash of medicines and morphine. ... Full Review

You can be 100 percent in favor of rescuing adorable orphans from war-torn zones and still find "The Children of Huang Shi" a tough haul. Somehow, director Roger Spottiswoode has taken an inherently dramatic humanitarian story on the order of "Schindler's List" and "Hotel Rwanda" and made it inert. ... Full Review

The Children of Huang Shi" tells an engrossing story of a remarkable man, but nevertheless it's underwhelming. All of this seems impossible, but Roger Spottiswoode 's "The Children of Huang Shi" is based on fact; there was a real George Hogg. ... Full Review

By TOM LONG THE DETROIT NEWS Published: Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Stiff, bland and at times unintentionally laughable, "The Children of Huang Shi" is a perfect example of what happens when badly cast actors meet a spiritless ... Full Article

(A) Veterans sometimes say combat survivors give off a glow that protects them like an invisible shield.Jonathan Rhys Meyers radiates that glow until the final reel of The Children of Huang Shi , a terrific, fact-inspired moral adventure. ... Full Article

If you had told me six months ago that the sad story of little-known World War II hero George Hogg was going to be told by the man who gave the world Stop! ... Full Article

Next Friday CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI ( Sony Pictures Classics ) Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays a young English writer who arrives in Shanghai, China, just before the Japanese invade, and is wounded and sent to rest at an orphanage where ... Full Article

VIDEO: The trailer for The Children of Huang Shi Based very loosely on true events, Roger Spottiswoodes epic tells the story of a cocky and callow young British journalist, George Hogg, who gains in character, and finds himself, by rescuing... ... Full Article