Ho-hum

Rating: 5/10 (3 September 2002)

"Hart's War" started off OK but degenerated into a made-for-TV movie. There weren't many surprises. Moments meant to be surprises were fairly predictable and almost laughable. The saluting was rather sappy. Did Colin Farrell ever sleep. It seemed the whole barracks was sound asleep except for him catching the nefarious goings on after dark. That was a bit overdone. I had read the book and I looked forward to the relationship with the German officers. That was mostly missing from the movie. There was one Nazi officer with a scar that I thought at any moment would say something but I guess he was there for the scar only. If you like this type of movie it was OK. I'm sure it will disappear without a trace in a few months.