A group of bloggers get to catch the latest Chinese blockbuster film, AfterShock (唐山大地震) by acclaimed director, Feng Xiaogang (冯小刚), on Monday (26 July).
You can watch the trailer below:
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Check out the bloggers’ reviews below:
Kadon: Movie Review 影評 – 唐山大地震 After Shock
Yummy Chrispytine: Aftershock – A guaranteed tear jerker.
Method86: After Shock 唐山大地震, the deadly 23 secs
Walter Lim: Aftershock – An Emotional Rollercoaster Par Excellence
Bondevia: Movie Review: 唐山大地震 Aftershock
Anna: After Shock – Movie Review!
Koshiru: AfterShock 唐山大地震 – Movie Preview
Hpility: AfterShock (唐山大地震) – Movie Review
More details about the movies:
唐山大地震
Aftershock
导 演：冯小刚 [集结号][非诚勿扰]
原 著：张翎 [余震]
Director: Feng Xiaogang [ASSEMBLY] [IF YOU ARE THE ONE]
Original Story: Zhang Yi
主 演：徐 帆[手机][一声叹息][不见不散][甲方乙方]
张国强[士兵突击]
陈道明[建国大业][无间道3][英雄]
陈 瑾[桃花运][满城尽带黄金甲]
张静初[尖峰时刻3][拉贝日记][窃听风云][证人]
李 晨[集结号][桃花运]
陆 毅[线人][孔子][七剑][情人结]
张子枫[龙须沟][大爱无敌][你是我的生命]
Casts: Xu Fan [A WORLD WITHOUT THEIVES] [THE FOUNDING OF A REPUBLIC]
Zhang Guo Qiang
Chen Dao Ming [INFERNAL AFFAIRS 3] [HERO]
Chen Jin [CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER]
Zhang Jing Chu [RUSH HOUR 3] [THE BEAST STALKER] [PROTÉGÉ]
Li Chen
Lu Yi [THE STOOL PIGEON] [SEVEN SWORDS]
Zhang Zi Feng
故事梗概
1969年，卡车司机方大强在祈祷中迎来了自己的龙凤胎儿女：方登、方达。妻子李元妮差点因为难产送命，好在母子平安，一家人欢喜地离开医院，从此过上普 通却幸福的生活。时间走到1976年，唐山这个中型工业城市，一家人虽然只拥有很小的空间，却温馨和睦。姐姐方登明显比弟弟方达要活泼，方大强经常出门在 外，好不容易回来一次，姐弟俩都特别高兴。7月的一个傍晚，方大强回到了自己的家，在小区外的马路上，方大强和元妮躲在卡车上亲热，突然——地震了。为救 孩子，方大强死了，方登和方达被同一块楼板压在两边，无论人们想救哪一个，都要放弃另一个。元妮选择了从小体弱多病的弟弟方达，而头脑清醒的方登听到了母 亲作出的抉择。震后，元妮独自抚养着儿子，选择坚强地活下去，劫后余生的方登被军人王德清夫妇领养，进入了一个全新的世界。母女、姐弟从此天各一方，直到 32年后的汶川大地震，他们的生命轨迹才重新走到一起……
Synopsis
Tangshan Earthquake, 28 July 1976.
When a mother is informed by the rescue team that, as her 7-year old twins are buried under the debris close to each other, digging one out would result in further collapse of the wreckage on the other, she is forced to make the most difficult decision of her life. As the clock ticked away, she finally ended her struggle and chose to save the boy, and though heartbroken, she had no idea her decision was overheard by the daughter. Deemed as a dead person, the little girl miraculously survived and was rescued after being buried for days. Suffering from the emotional shock of the disaster and the painful memory of her mother’s choice, she refused to reveal who she was. She was adopted by a young couple and later moved to the US, but shadowed by the traumatic experience from her childhood; she forever remained emotionally closed up.
When the Sichuan earthquake takes over 80,000 lives in 2008, she volunteers to join the rescue team and returns to her homeland, China. As she witnesses the tribulations people go through when a natural disaster takes place, she finally unlocks the pain she had felt all these years and finds forgiveness. She finally reunites with the mother and twin brother she had parted from after 32 years. A human drama about finding forgiveness, ‘Aftershock’ depicts not only the fatal tragedy that is brought on by natural disaster of great levels but also the strength and courage that is demonstrated when we are in face of extreme and devastating situations.
AfterShock (唐山大地震) opened in Singapore cinema from yesterday (29 Jul). Be sure to catch it! 
