The modern-day masterpiece we've been waiting for...

Rating: 8/10 (22 July 2017)

Dunkirk may not be the greatest war film ever made, as against to popular opinion where Paths of Glory, Saving Private Ryan and Platoon might be the stronger contenders. It is not the best of Nolan the story-teller as Inception and Dark Knight will always remain the best. Dunkirk is a whole another beast from the world of cinema. It is messy, chaotic and sometimes incomprehensible, yet a beautiful jumble of visuals. This is the masterpiece of Nolan the director.
The evacuation of Dunkirk has always been portrayed as the aftermath of the blunder of Allied forces in France. For Great Britain, it was a moment of survival and resistance that helped them to swing back against the Nazis while for the French it was a humiliating instance of defeat and betrayal from its allies. Christopher Nolan, whose every other movie was either adapted screenplays or original ones, Dunkirk marks the first biopic and thanks to him, the vital stand of Dunkirk will be remembered by the modern generation once again.
One should not buy his/her tickets in the hopes of enjoying yet another Hacksaw Ridge or Fury. Dunkirk is about survival with fewer bullets and blood and it is made by one of the greatest living movie makers of our generation. Prepare to be immersed into the crucial hours of the soldiers on the beaches, the pilots of the Spitfires on the sky and the civilians on their rescue yachts.
On the downside, if you are so much into that, Dunkirk has no memorable characters on its fold, except for Mark Rylance and Fionn Whitehead. Strong character developments were always been Nolan's signature and one might miss such a quality in Dunkirk. Still, it is passable since what he has prepared is beyond words...