By MAL VINCENT By Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot FOR THOSE WHO SAY they don't make them like they used to, "The Children of Huang Shi" is proof otherwise. It's a throwback to the kind of personal epics that dealt with big, historical happenings in heroic ways.

By John Beifuss It's certainly easy to take potshots at "The Children of Huang Shi." It's another film in which a white person proves to be the savior of the members of an apparently less fortunate race. It's solemn and old-fashioned.