This tank runs on star power

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2014)

Brad Pitt is the star of this movie & make no mistake about it. He has a good supporting crew (Shia LaBeouf & Logan Lerman) but Mr. Pitt is the man in charge. Even approaching middle age he can still take his shirt off & remain believable. Russell Crowe can't do that any more. As war movies go this is an excellent piece of World War II memorabilia. Things are pretty clear - Americans (with all their flaws) are the good guys & Nazis are the bad guys. Roll camera & roll the tank. The director/ writer avoids most of the clichés but not all. There is the token minority Mexican & the token "good" Germans. The battle scenes are well staged. Spoiler alert - every one dies at the end except one. In other words - there will be no sequel to this particular war movie.