Some Good Action Sequences mixed w/ bad Writing

Rating: 6/10 (14 February 2009)

Defiance is a mixed bag. It features some fairly exhilarating action sequences but too much 1-liner sitcom-ish banter with fairly standard characters in a well over 2 hour movie. One-liners have little place in a holocaust movie and yet here they are littered all over the place waxing as provocative. And there seems to be some fairly standard clichés. Humor is not witty - and supposed accents come and go. Probably the worst sequence is a particularly tasteless cut of angry Jewish refugees angry mobbing a German soldier - over-the-top and excessive. Some of the character interaction is decent as between the brothers, and the finale action scene if unrealistic is fun to watch. All-and-all the movie needed better editing and pacing.