Drama

History

On Wings of Eagles

MGK Multimedia

Beijing Forbidden City Film

Innowave Limited

Goodland Pictures

BondIt

China

Hong Kong

United States of America

普通话

English

日本語

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

Mark Bacino

Rubby Xu

Braden Bowen

Patrick DePeters

Horace Ma Kwong-Wing

Scot Boland

Kwan Kit Mok

Christopher C. Chan

Victoria Burrows

Cheng Siu-Keung

Daniel Lawrence Abrams

Reuben Ripley

Nicole A. Fletcher

Peter Svab

Leandro Cassan

Matt Friedman

Reed Tsuda

Jim Green

Stephen Lam Bing-Kwan

Brandon Millan

Corby Pons

Gilbert Hung Wan Hoi

Newlson Tang Kin Ming

Scott Martin

Ka Ue So

James Ryan Parker

Stephen Fan

Gregory Hotz

Matthew Helderman

Mickey Rodriguez

Yu Xiaoying

Ken Heung

Luke Taylor

Michael Thomas Slifkin

Henry Mu

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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.

WINGS OF EAGLES Trailer (2018) Joseph Fiennes, History Movie HD

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Joseph Fiennes

Shawn Dou

Elizabeth Arends

Richard Sanderson

Darren Grosvenor

Simon Twu

Augusta Xu-Holland

Patrice Poujol

Shigeo Kobayashi

Zach Ireland

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