13-year-old Christian Bale starred in this J.G. Ballard tale about a young prisoner in WWII China
[DOC] [TLE] Empire of the Sun (1987) - Rotten Tomatoes [PAR] Critic Consensus: One of Steven Spielberg's most ambitious efforts of the 1980s, 
Empire of the ... By the time Malkovich and Bale are tossed into a Japanese 
prison camp, the boy has ... the 13-year-old Bale will never again be the 
pampered, privileged brat whom we .... Spielberg is a good storyteller with a 
good tale to tell.