Foreign, ChineseBased around the effect of the devastating Tangshan Earthquake of 1976. This is a "formula schlock* flix" movie that has pluses and minus.
Pluses: Excellent presentation of relationships between members of traditional Chinese families . . . and the effect of modernization of the cultural world on those relationships. Lots of realist displays of emotions between family members. Expect to shed some tears. Excellect depiction of the growth of the physical China over the last 40 years.
Minuses: If you have seen other Chinese movies, this one is very predicable. Minor point: It's politically correct. i.e Chinese government response to natural disasters are perfect.
Other Reviewers:
Aftershock is a gruelling and sombre watch, occasionally over-wrought and melodramatic, yet an absorbing and thought-provoking insight into the consequences of human catastrophe.
A very old-fashioned but stirring movie about family values. A gateway into the tastes and values of Chinese society unlike the typical Chinese film export geared to Western audiences.
It's schlock, but on such a grand scale that it's quite fun to allow yourself to be carried along on its tsunami of emotion.
*schlock also shlock (shl k) Slang
n.
Something, such as merchandise or literature, that is inferior or shoddy.
adj.
Of inferior quality; cheap or shoddy.
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