Not Exactly what i thought it was going to be !

Rating: 7/10 (27 March 2006)

This is one of those films that i never got around to seeing at the cinema, and being a bruce willis fan i had the chance to get the DVD.
First off before watching the film i watched the trailer. The trailer does'nt make exactly clear what the film is about, it depicts a epic war film set in a POW camp, i was expecting this film to be about a massive rebellion in the camp and people escaping, this is actually part of the plot, which i was happy to learn. But you only learn this at the end of the film.
The film is based around Lt Hart (colin farrell) who is captured and sent to a POW camp, this is where he is sent to the officers bunk and meets COl Mcnamara (willis) he is then told there is not enough space so is sent to be the only ranking officer in with general soldiers. The film is pretty slow up to this point and not much goes down, characters are built.
The film changes tone when two black officers are brought to the camp, this is where the film deal with racism, as there is no space in the officers barrack, they are sent to bunk with lt hart, so they are not the only officers in general soldier population. The film goes on and eventually one of the black officers is framed for murder. So instead of him being executed the German officer in charge of the camp decides him to be put on trail instead of executed. (this is the only part of the film where i rolled my eyes) i mean would the German in charge of a POW camp really take the time out to hold a trial.
So the trail begins and lt hart becomes the defendant of the acused, the two form a friendship and hart digs deeper into what the trail is really all about. At the end point of the film you discover the whole trail is stagged so that (willis) and his men can complete the escape tunnel they have been building and get away. The trail is stopped and the film comes to a end with a interesting development which once again gives bruce willis another honour roll.
In general i actually enjoyed the film, the train sequence at the beginning was very shot, the film is a bit slow at times, but what i think really makes the music , is the female artist who did the score for this film. The music in the this movie is fantastic.