Sacrifice

Name: Sacrifice
Genre: Drama, History
Released: July 27, 2012
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Bingbing Fan, Xiaoming Huang, Xueqi Wang, You Ge

2012

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: July 27, 2012 | R

Starring: Bingbing Fan, Xiaoming Huang, Xueqi Wang, You Ge

Summary: A story of epic revenge, Sacrifice focuses on a power hungry general who wipes out his rival along with his entire family, save for one newborn. The infant is protected by the doctor who delivered him and raises him as his own, hoping to mold him into his own instrument of retribution. (Samuel Goldwynn Films)

Director: Kaige Chen

Genre(s): Drama, History

Rating: R

Runtime: 122 min

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Maggie Lee

Jan 12, 2011

Chen's direction is his most staid yet, but the riveting story speaks for itself. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Jul 25, 2012

In Sacrifice, about a father who loses his son to the power of the state, it is difficult to miss the parallels with Chen's own life. Read full review

David Lewis

Jul 26, 2012

Ultimately, the film works because the doctor's relationship with the general - and both of their relationships with the doctor's young boy - is just as complicated as the action-packed coup. Read full review

Bill Weber

Jul 23, 2012

A historical melodrama that retains an ancient, elemental pull even as it insufficiently charts motivation and the self-denying values of antiquity. Read full review

Mark Olsen

Jul 27, 2012

Sacrifice is mostly a melodrama concerned with deception, betrayal and just what makes a family. It is handsomely done and well-acted, but it lacks real energy or purpose. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jul 26, 2012

It's tough to care about characters who spend most of their lives obsessing over the violent deaths of others. Read full review

David Fear

Jul 24, 2012

The Fifth Generation filmmaker has aced such recipes before (e.g. The Emperor and the Assassin); this time, both the spectacular and the human elements have apparently been offered to the gods. Read full review

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equinoxia

Jul 30, 2012

i believe that fully 60% of all chinese movies are what they call "sweeping dramas" or "epic dramas." why is that? it all gets to be a bit much sometimes, don't you think? i wish they would stop taking themselves so seriously...lighten up, for god's sake. which pretty much is the sumi believe that fully 60% of all chinese movies are what they call "sweeping dramas" or "epic dramas." why is that? it all gets to be a bit much sometimes, don't you think? i wish they would stop taking themselves so seriously...lighten up, for god's sake. which pretty much is the sum total of my feelings on this movie. that, and i'm a Bigbig Fan of Bingbing Fan.… Expand

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