excellent

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2009)

Excellent. acting, story, everything. Intense well done battle scenes and a story that remains surprisingly historically accurate. Most war movies seem made up, ad for the most part they usually are. Defiance seems too good to be true. Usually "based on true events" can mean anything really but this one doesn't stray far from the facts, and it doesn't need to. Had it been just another contrived piece of eye candy it would be worthless, but the fact that so much of it actually happened makes it, in my opinion one of the best WWII movies i am aware of. I have read some unfavourable reviews and cant for the life of me figure out what these people are talking about. See the movie, if you like compelling story, good actors at their best, exciting action, and above all, the truth; you will love defiance. My only beef is the actors look nothing like their real life counterparts (all the main characters are real). oh well.