An impressive effort. The battle scenes were, for the most part, unconvincing. It could have done a much better job of explaining conditions under siege. While the extras were Chinese (hired from Chinese restaurants and laundries all over Europe), the Chinese leaders were clearly Caucasian and very unconvincing Chinese. In the end, the only person whose fate I really cared about was the little half-caste girl. Gardner's character, in particular, was dull and unsympathetic.