A good realistic war film

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2014)

Before watching this film all I knew was that it was a world war 2 film with Daniel Craig and Liv Schreiber in it and I was interested and I must say it was an enjoyable experience. This is the true story of two Jewish brothers attempting to survive from the Nazis while building a working civilization for the other refugees around them. Now the co-leads of Craig and Schreiber are both great and I truly believed in their performances and they were definitely the best parts of the film. However, the same cannot be said about the other characters in the film there isn't a true villain and all the love interests and allies are lacklustre and fail to impress among two great performances. Another performance is that of the story which is gripping as these people are relatable as we have all heard stories about the Jews in World war 2 and we can only imagine how it could have felt and with the setting the story is good throughout. The script is not the best as because of the accents being put on it is sometimes hard to understand some people which can hurt the viewing. The style is really good and when the battles take place they are pretty cool with a realistic gritty approach to them. However, a big negative is that the ending is so sudden and it just ends with you wanting more then what you got which leaves this is a good solid film but not an all time great like Schindlers list.