A British journalist poses as an aid worker in order to gain entry to China during the Japanese occupation in the 1930s. Assisted by a courageous nurse, he rescues 60 orphaned boys from the clutches of nationalist soldiers desperate to enlist new recruits and leads them on an arduous journey over mountains and desert to safety. Wartime drama, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh