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if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Possible Spoilers! A Hong Kong Horror War film from 1995 from the director of 'Men Behind the Sun' and tonight's movie is 'Men behind the Sun 4' aka 'Black Sun: Nanking Massacre'In 1937, Japanese troops raid the Chinese city of Nanking to execute a planned massacre by subjecting over 300,000 helpless civilians to various tortures and atrocities before slaughtering them all.This film is actually based on the war crime The Rape of Nanking. Now for those of you who do not know The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanking during the second world war over 300,000 Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants were murdered by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. The most notorious atrocity was a killing contest between two Japanese officers. The contest— a race between the two officers to see which of them could kill 100 people first using only a sword, this contest was covered much like a sporting event in newspapers with regular updates on the score over a series of days.Much like the first 'Men behind the sun' film this one isn't fully true but its still an interesting film but its still just pure exploitation, I don't want to say fun so I'll say nastiness. If you like the first film for how violent, upsetting and interesting it was this one is about the same accept this isn't medical experiments its war crimes which one could argue is worse. The acting is pretty decent along with the writing. The camera work and lighting are really good. But the show stealer here is the gore, its over the top and times and just right at others, the film doesn't get boring like the first sequel to MBTS. The film is graphic, upsetting, kinda cheesy, but all and all its just classic exploitation. And its not for everyone you shouldn't expect the best cinematic representation of War atrocities from a series of exploitation films. Some times the film even replaces the gorier scenes with historical photos of these things happening like pictures of dead innocent children who where massacred.On the gore meter from one to ten One being something like 'The Corpse Grinders' and Ten being something like 'Braindead'. 'Black Sun' is a 6 It isn't super gory but with the medium amount of gore and the fact that this film is based on actual war crimes brings it up a notch. Also there is a good amount of baby death in this one too!'Black sun' while an interesting film still isn't as good as MBTS but its a step in the right direction for the films subject matter. One film I think honestly is only worth one watch its interesting but not amazing disturbing or violent to warrent many viewings and honestly for this film its a good thing. 4/5

Based on true events..In December 1937 the Japanese army defeated the Chinese and entered the city of Nanking. The horrific events that took place over a period of some weeks became known as the "Rape of Nanking". Directed by T.F Mou (Men behind the sun) this really is a high quality film. It has brilliant photography and an epic feel but it's not over long. It's very well directed and if you are familiar with the tragic events of the film you will notice how well researched and accurate it is. The film superbly mixes together real footage from the time and it gives you an almost documentary feel as you witness the terrible horrors of the massacre. Don't expect blazing gun battles and cheesy happy outcomes, this is a long way from a Hollywood blockbuster but it's far superior. "Black Sun" is quite often classed in the horror film genre and obviously this film won't be for everyone as it's very graphic and gory but I still strongly recommend this outstanding film

Having seen men Behind the Sun I guess I hoped for an evolution in style & technique to match the larger scale of this movie. I was also quite interested to see someone make a hard-hitting fact-based fictionalised account of what happened during this most notorious of Japanese atrocities, but this is not it. This plays like a bottom-to-mid tier European Nazi exploitation movie from the 70s - e.g. SS Experiment Camp etc (perhaps more like Deported Women of the Special Section actually). Granted it has a greater scope and more people running around, but it resorts to the same cheap and cheerless device of lots of hapless non-actors limply falling over to the sound of ridiculously fake gunshots, spiced up with the occasional poorly executed 'shock' sequence. The admittedly horrible documentary footage is roughly spliced in between scenes so hackneyed that even these real images are robbed of much of their power. Watch channel 4's 'The Holocaust' (aired recently (still running?), as of 1 No 2006) for a genuinely disturbing documentary on the evils of war (featuring excellent in-context use of actual footage). This is the type of treatment the horror of Nanjing deserves, not this hackneyed exploitation garbage (a better executed exploitation movie minus the disrespectful use of stock footage would have been fine, but again this is not even a very good exploitation movie). Rating: 3 (5 as exploitation, 1 as a treatment of the subject).

It's not often you hear about the Japanese atrocities committed against the Chinese. Black Sun : The Nanking Massacre unflinchingly tells the true story of the over 300,000(that's 300,000!!!!) Chinese people who were brutally killed by the occupying Japanese army. Mixed with real film footage and photographs of the actual events, the film really shows the atrocities of war. It's mostly told from the Japanese point of view, and several conversations between Japanese commanders and soldiers are chilling. There are some exploitative gross out moments, like an unborn baby being pulled out of a pregnant woman's stomach via bayonette...but it always feels true. There are so many scenes of crowds being machine gunned down that you can be desensitized pretty early on in the film. The scary thing is, is the Japanese really WERE this barbaric. They slaughtered babies, infants, children, women, men and monks alike. The scene of hundreds of bodies being burned on the beach is a truly haunting moment. While it is an absolute must see for war film fans or historians...the film, however, is gory enough to make splatter fans happy.