Joseph Fiennes

Shawn Dou

Elizabeth Arends

Richard Sanderson

Darren Grosvenor

Simon Twu

Augusta Xu-Holland

Patrice Poujol

Shigeo Kobayashi

Zach Ireland

Asta Friis Lodahl

Laura Justine Friis Lodahl

Jesse Kove

Bruce Locke

Asano Nagahide

Chang Kuo-Chu

Stephen Shin Kei-Yin

Michael Parker

Gaby Santinelli

Scott Greer

Kitty Chau Cheuk-Wai

Ryan Parker

Stephen Ma Man-Yin

Rubby Xu

Christopher C. Chan

Mark Bacino

Braden Bowen

Patrick DePeters

Scot Boland

Victoria Burrows

Horace Ma Kwong-Wing

Kwan Kit Mok

Cheng Siu-Keung

Daniel Lawrence Abrams

Peter Svab

Nicole A. Fletcher

Leandro Cassan

Reuben Ripley

Reed Tsuda

Matt Friedman

Jim Green

Stephen Lam Bing-Kwan

Mickey Rodriguez

Ka Ue So

Yu Xiaoying

Luke Taylor

Newlson Tang Kin Ming

Michael Thomas Slifkin

Corby Pons

James Ryan Parker

Henry Mu

Brandon Millan

Scott Martin

Gilbert Hung Wan Hoi

Gregory Hotz

Ken Heung

Matthew Helderman

Stephen Fan

Drama

History

On Wings of Eagles

MGK Multimedia

Beijing Forbidden City Film

Innowave Limited

Goodland Pictures

BondIt

China

Hong Kong

United States of America

CinemaSerf

This film picks up where "Chariots of Fire" (1981) leaves off with the Olympic champion Eric Liddell (Joseph Fiennes) now a missionary in the land of his birth - now war-torn - China. When the Japanese invade, he is initially fêted - well fed and looked after, but that is all part of the ultimate game of humiliation as he is basically being groomed for a race against "Xu Niu" (Shawn Dou). This is quite an interesting depiction of just how this man's Christian faith and sense of decency were pitched against the ruthlessness of his captors who used both physical and psychological methods to reduce their captives to jelly. Whilst this certainly hints at those atrocities, the whole look and feel of the film is just a little sterile and Fiennes isn't really up to much in the lead. Somehow his strength of faith and purpose is lost in a really mediocre production that never quite gets going properly. Based in fact, it does offer us a truth about the truly shameful ending for this man of principle, but perhaps a remake with a better cast, writing and more vision from a director who understands how to better deliver a story of a complex individual would leave us feeling better fulfilled. Watchable, but forgettable I am afraid.

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