A Fun Little Fiction About Blowing Up Nazis

Rating: 7/10 (26 September 2019)

Once again Brad Pitt is taking names and killing Nazis in this burner of a movie that both succeeds and fails in its attempt at realism in war. The tank shots look too much like Star Wars blaster shots to not be distracted by but the gritty performances of the main characters is engaging enough to keep one interested in their predicament: to ride through Germany in the last days of the war and not get killed doing it. Brad Pitt gives a more human performance than his Inglorious Basterds counterpart. Often savage and in turn paternalistic. At times achieving both. Some of it stretches the boundaries of belief a little too thin but heck it's a lot of fun. There's an odd and uncomfortable 30 minute interlude at a dinner table that is way longer than it needs to be. Other than that the movie moves at breakneck speed.