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An oppressive mood hangs over the small island of Ambon, Indonesia, where hundreds of Australian prisoners of war have been massacred by their Japanese guards. World War II is nearly over and two officers, Captain Cooper (Bryan Brown) and Lieutenant Corbett (Russell Crowe), must prosecute those Japanese officers responsible. The stories of sadistic torture and systematic executions in the ensuing trials sent shockwaves throughout the world. But, in an explosive showdown between Australian justice, American politics, and the Japanese warrior code, Bushido, will justice be found?
Customer reviews for 'Prisoners of the Sun'
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Gripping account of wartime atrocities.
This is a horrific account of wartime atrocities committed by Japanese troops during World War II. Anyone who sees this or knows the true story would not dispute the need to have used the Atomic Bomb. Even though it is dramatized, it does use people that really existed and something that actually happened to tell the story. The question posed is "why were some obviously guilty people" given a pass (for political exigencies) while an honest person caught up in the situation punished for following orders. Food for thought.
[Sunday, June 22, 2008]
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In war often justice is not sweet
I am not a great fan of Australian movies but this one is good.
The story itself is of a small war crimes tribunal of major significance to Australians but no-one else. In February 1942, about 1000 soldiers mainly Australians were taken by the Japanese to a camp. When the camp was liberated in 1945, only 139 Allied POWs survived. The film focus on the trial after the war mainly from the prosecution trying to pursue a case the public demanded but the Allied leaders found inconvenient and messy. To do this they follow two events that occurred at the camp the mass killing of 300 Australian soldiers and execution of 4 Australian airmen. The tragedy at the end is the man who was executed by the court I think probably should not have been. Even the prosecution did not want him executed. It is a common problem that it is harder in law to convict the person who ordered the event then the one who did it.
The acting, I thought was good.
The big problem when filming such an event is few actors would let themselves become skeletons, which is what the survivors are. So it is going to lack realism and there is nothing anyone can do about that. Even big budget movies have this problem. Other then the filming was interesting mainly because it was done so cheaply. Check out the directors commentary, as he has some interesting comments on this topic.
[Sunday, January 06, 2008]
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Prisoners of the Sun
This was a heroic story about Australian prisoners of the Japanese. I had never thought about other countries having POW's but this opened my eyes that all of our most loyal allies also have their tragedies and triumphs. Good movie.
[Sunday, September 16, 2007]
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