1. And despite every known war movie cliche, it's still an exciting ride.
2. This movie has all the moves and countermoves of an old Cold War spy film, only these spies work as corporate operatives for fiercely competitive pharmaceutical giants.
3. Perhaps his highest profile movie was 1990's Cold War thriller The Hunt for Red October, in which he played Rear Admiral Joshua Painter.
4. The movie's World War II scenes were mostly filmed in the northwest city of Darwin, where Japanese raids in 1942 and 1943 killed more than 900 people.
5. This isn't a war movie that has its characters wax lyrical on existentialism.
6. Netizens blamed a movie director surnamed Yao for killing a former war dog in the name of art while making a movie 15 years ago.
7. Lau is currently working on " Mozi's War Strategy, " another movie set in ancient China.
8. It was on par with his most recent movie, the 2008 World War Two drama " Valkyrie " that played in fewer theaters.
9. After the war, he spent four decades in the movie industry.
10. A movie still from The Flowers of War, which was directed by Zhang Yimou and stars the British actor Christian Bale.