Defiance is Revenge

Rating: 9/10 (15 January 2009)

"We will have our revenge by staying alive" urges Tuvia Bielski(Daniel Craig) to his brothers. That embodies the whole essence of this wonderfully scripted War epic. The Four brothers and their defiance which spread like a wildfire and gave a whole bunch of fellow jews the will to survive against all odds, was wonderfully narrated.
Daniel Craig as Tuvia was rugged, stern and inexplicably the most vital USP of the movie. Not that the movie is without flaws. There were a lot of stark resemblances to war epics of the past. And Tuvia's rising to the leader of the pack was not with enough backing. Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski did a creditable job. But for me the third brother Aseal played by Jamie Bell gave a steller performance. The plot was intriguing most of the times but meandered at snails pace at a few occasions.
A little more of passion and substance from the other characters would have proved a lot more beneficiary in supporting the claim of it being an epic war movie. The rest of the cast just gets in and out of the plot leaving a gaping hole which quite propitiously aided in bringing out the brother-bond wonderfully. On the whole I would say that the movie is superfluous submission of respect to those to fought bravely against the Nazi's. But is it a Real Life Story??? Thats for you to watch and tell. Anyways I had my doubts !