Top Billed Cast
Joseph Fiennes
Eric Liddell
Shawn Dou
Xu Niu
Elizabeth Arends
Florence Liddell
Richard Sanderson
Dr. Hubbard
Darren Grosvenor
Gentleman
Simon Twu
Chen Quan
Augusta Xu-Holland
Catherine Standish
Patrice Poujol
Louis Klein
Shigeo Kobayashi
Yoshinori Yumoto
Zach Ireland
David Marshall
Asta Friis Lodahl
Heather Liddell
Laura Justine Friis Lodahl
Patricia Liddell
Jesse Kove
Hugh Johnson
Bruce Locke
Old Xu Niu (voice)
Asano Nagahide
Chang Kuo-Chu
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
5
Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Sep 03 2022
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 reduc...
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Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
12000000.00
Revenue
155111.00
Keywords
- sports
- prisoner of war
- based on true story
- japanese occupation of china