Friday, 11 March 2016

Simple sailors

Ghost of the China Sea (1958)

Directed by Fred F. Sears this film stars David Brian, Lynn Bernay, Jonathan Haze and Norman Wright. In 1941 in the Philippines an former army officer helps a rag tag group of civilians escape the on coming Japanese invasion.

Not especially subtle or complicated this is a basic action film that was clearly made on the cheap. The characters have little depth and there is a lot of telling rather than showing when it comes to their emotional development. There are some slightly suspect stereotypes a long the way but otherwise the film is not too badly made for its limitations.


2/5

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