Solens rike

Empire of the Sun

...becomes an odyssey of epic tone...

The movie is always interesting from a narrative point of view. Spielberg is a good storyteller with a good tale to tell.

...it's Spielberg's peerless command of film technique that drives the film, with the director crafting a number of sequences that function as impressive examples of pure visual storytelling.

As Jim, Bale delivers a stunning performance; he appears in virtually every frame and truly seems to grow over the course of the film...