I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

According to Google Translate, 'Tang Shan Da Di Zhen' in English means 'Tangshan Earthquake', but the official English title of this Chinese film is 'Aftershock'. In 1976 an earthquake strikes the city of Tangshan. Yuan Ni, whose husband has been killed in the 'quake, then has to make an agonising decision: should she save her son Fang Da, or her daughter Fang Deng? She chooses Fang Da and he grows to adulthood, eventually moving away and marrying, while Yuan Ni stays in Tangshan, unwilling to move away in case the ghosts of her husband and daughter return and are unable to find her.But, unbeknownst to Yuan Ni and Fang Da, Fang Deng also survived. She is adopted and grows to adulthood, eventually moving to Canada. But thirty years after the Tangshan earthquake, one strikes Sichuan and Fang Deng is moved to return to China to help. It is there that she finds herself sitting next to her (until then unrecognised) brother as he tells another man how his sister died in the Tangshan 'quake when their mother had to choose between them...The idea that, out of over one billion people in China, Fang Deng should bump into Fang Da just as he's unwittingly providing evidence that reveals their familial relationship is stretching coincidence to breaking point. Plus, the earthquake scenes have an obvious look of CGI about them. And I was disappointed that we did not get to see the moment when Fang Deng tells Fang Da who she is, nor how Yuan Ni reacts when she gets the news (this also denies the actors a chance to do some major emoting). But apart from those gripes, this family drama really pulls in the viewer: although I knew beforehand of the decision Yuan Ni has to make, when she was crouched on the rubble hearing rescue workers tell her only one of her children could be saved, I found myself horrified, thinking "How could anyone make such a decision?!" As I don't speak Mandarin I'm not really qualified to comment on the acting - although Zi-feng Zhang, who plays Fang Deng as a little girl, is a terrific little actress compared with some child stars, giving a natural, unstilted performance (certainly in comparison to David F Morris, the sole Caucasian in the film, whose stilted delivery of his lines as Fang Deng's Canadian husband sounds as if he was reading them for the first time). This is the first Chinese film I have ever seen, and it's certainly set a high benchmark for those that follow it.(One amusing point about 'Aftershock' is how the commercialism of modern China has affected the film: for instance, characters are seen wearing Kappa jackets (Kappa were one of the sponsors of the film); and, when one of Fang Da's staff asks him which insurance company to use, he gravely intones "Go with China Life". Sure enough, when the credits roll, the viewer discovers China Life are another of the film's backers...)

This might be the best Chinese movie I have ever seen. Although I was a bit skeptical to see it, it was so highly recommended to me, that I finally gave it a try. I wish I had seen it when it was first released on DVD, as this would have been one of my favorite movies of 2010. The earthquake scenes at the beginning of the film were so realistic and so upsetting to me that I had to remind myself that this was a dramatization rather than a documentary...I rarely have to calm myself down like that when watching a film. It's powerful, sad and heartbreaking, and my wife and I had both shed tears by the end of the film. I was a little worried that I would get bored because it was about 2 hours and 15 minutes long, but honestly, when something was this good, it could have gone on even longer.

The German version's DVD Cover paints a rather sensationalist image of natural catastrophe porn with awesome CG visuals. Those visuals seem to be the main selling point, just like saying "Who the heck would wanna watch a Chinese drama?", which is rather sadly summing up "western" mainstream taste.The fact is, there IS an awesome, rather graphic CG component to the film, but there's so much more! Never before in my life have I bought a movie while still watching the rental disc. The actors seem to be excellent, their characters very distinct and immediately recognizable. "Seem", because I always watch movie in the original language - German overdubs often mess things up big time, but Cantonese is beyond my understanding. The storyline coaxes you into making up various possible endings, but is never really predictable, wrapping itself around various cycles of life. To sum it up: a very touching story in a very well made movie that won't get boring for one second. A travel through a few decades of Chinese time that you won't forget (and I forget QUICKLY) that will expand most people's view on China a bit.

Aftershock is one of those movies where you really feel the experience and journey of all your characters for the length of its time and really connect with the characters. Even those who don't understand Chinese (myself included) will connect with the human story and its wonderful drama, not to mention some amazing visual effects at the beginning.I'm not going to go into the plot of the film but it is essentially a very real human family drama that deals with the pain of continuing to live with guilt and having to restore one's life after a tragedy. It may sound familiar but the beauty of Aftershock is that its emotional core is something it never shies away from. You see and feel the journey of all three central characters and how a natural disaster can shape our destinies and change our perspectives on ourselves and those around us.While you can sort of see the plot unfolding before it gets there in the end, it is essentially what you want. I really cared about these characters so anything less than what you would expect would have been even more harrowing. But the resolution which seems to solve everything yet still leaves an emptiness is remarkable.This is a film not to be missed. I was almost in tears by the end of the film - it has been one of the most captivating films I have seen in a long time and is a remarkable piece of cinema. Not to be missed.