An above average suspenseful war film

Rating: 6/10 (24 July 2017)

With any Christopher Nolan film I had huge anticipation for Dunkirk and I have now seen it and I thought it was alright but definitely a disappointment. The premise of the film sees 400,000 men stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk, they look for escape by land, air and sea. The lead performer in this film is a new actor called fionn Whitehead and I found his performance to be really bland. He is a character with very few lines and he just comes across as a very boring person with nothing special to make you care about him anymore then anybody else in this film. The supporting cast is full of great actors, mark rylance plays a civilian who has a boat to go rescue survivors and he gives the best performance in this film. His character has depth to him as he goes beyond what Is necessary to try and save people even though it isn't his job and he sells this role with a great performance. Cillian Murphy is really good in this film, his altercations with rylance is the best character development in the film. Tom hardy plays a pilot in this film and even though he is mostly just in the cockpit he gives an intense performance that is good for what is required. Kenneth branagh is in this film as a captain of the military and he gives a good emotional performance in the role. The story in the film is pretty simple and it does work well seeing these different people trying to survive this dangerous situation. However, this film lacks any real humanity to the majority of the characters, I don't remember anybody's name in this film or if there is anything unique to them that I should have care about. The script has very little amounts of dialogue in it but it has some pretty decent dramatic dialogue especially between rylance and Murphy. But there isn't really enough dialogue to give it more compliments and no humour at all which isn't big negative for this film but was noticeable. The style of the film is absolutely breathtaking, the visuals are incredible especially when it comes to the fighter pilots where the action is breathtaking and visually stunning. Overall there are certain aspects of this film that are really good but I don't think it really is a must see film.