A good movie

Honestly, beforehand, I never heard of this flick before but since both Nick Nolte and Tim Roth were starring, I was definitely eager to check it out. Eventually, I was pleasantly surprised. It is actually rather amazing that, after all those years, after so many movies have been made, they still manage to make some interesting features about the Vietnam war. Here, it is a pretty standard story about a Vietnamese guy who goes on a journey to find his father. Even though the story is nothing really mind-blowing, I really enjoyed the sober directing and the acting was also really good. You have here three international stars (Nick Nolte, Tim Roth and Bai Ling) who shows up for some small supporting parts and I was above all amazed to see Bai Ling providing a decent performance in a good movie. For the last decade, she has been busy destroying every shread of credibility concerning her career and after watching this flick, you realize she actually has/had some potential. I also noticed that this movie is listed in various 'Norwegian movies' list and I think it is rather funny . I mean, Ok, the director is Norwegian but that's about it. Indeed, it is an international production with no Norwegian actor, it doesn't take place in Norwegia and it deals with Vietnamese/American history. So, it doesn't sound really Norwegian to me... Anyway, I thought it was a well made historical drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10