A Failed Experiment

Rating: 6/10 (22 July 2017)

This latest Christopher Nolan film is about the evacuation of soldiers stuck at Dunkirk in second world war. Usually Nolan films contain deep and complicated story structures but this time he is telling you a straight story about survival. As an audience, what you expect from a war film in modern era since we have seen so many great war based films before is a certain level of freshness in story or in it's presentation. As a clever auteur that he is, Nolan knows that he is responsible for this. So what he tried to do here is that he made a war movie and immerse the audience in this experience.But the verdict is, it still fails bring something new. The non linear presentation is the major drawback for the lack of focus which results in the failure of such an immersive experience. Its shame that the whole film feels repetitive and unfocused since the opening scenes with less dialogue and more action was promising. Film starts its decline with a side story in a boat with a stranded soldier and the boat owners. And then it never recovers.
Recommended watch instead of Dunkirk: Son of Saul