Dunkirk (2017) Film Review

Rating: 9/10 (28 July 2017)

The new war, action, drama, history film Dunkirk based on the true story of D Day that took place in June 1944 during World War 2 starring Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh, Harry Styles once of music boy band One Direction, Jack Lowden.
Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in. Dunkirk features a prestigious cast, including English Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road) as Farrier, English actor Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies, The BFG) as Mr. Dawson, Northern Ireland actor Kenneth Branagh (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit) as Commander Bolton and Republic Of Ireland actor Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight films, Inception) as a Shivering Soldier, as well as newcomer English actor Fionn Whitehead as Tommy. The ensemble cast also includes Welsh actor Aneurin Barnard (UK TV Mini-Series Cilla and War & Peace) as Gibson, former English member of English music boy band One Direction Harry Styles as Alex, English actor James D'Arcy (Let's Be Cops, Jupiter Ascending) as Colonel Winnant, English actor Jack Lowden (Denial, A United Kingdom) as Collins, Barry Keoghan ('71, Trespass Against Us) as George and Tom Glynn-Carney as Peter.
Filming locations in Dunkirk include countries, cities, places like Dunkerque, Northern France, English counties like Hampshire, Dorset, Holland, US State California, USA.
Overall Dunkirk is a brilliant war, action, drama, history film filled with war, action, drama, history, violence, shooting, soldiers in World War 2, ships, boats, air jets, sea, beaches, the will to survive and will, loyalty, team work, togetherness, a race against time, outstanding performances from all the actors involved, a good insight in to what the soldiers had to go through during World War 2 and many other things throughout the film.
So I will give Dunkirk an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars and Dunkirk is worth seeing if you like other war films like Saving Private Ryan, Enemy At The Gates, Empire Of The Sun, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, Full Metal Jacket, Cross Of Iron, Schindler's List, The Thin Red Line amongst others.
So if you get the chance to see Dunkirk in the cinema then you should go and see it sooner than later.