Interesting, but misguided script.

Rating: 7/10 (29 July 2002)

It's a funny thing when... immediately following the movie your ready to give this a 9/10, and then reality hits and suddenly you have this silly aftertaste in your mouth. I came to this silly conclusion and I pondered the movie for the last 7 hours. The movie is extremely emotionless.
I had a hard time trying to figure out who to root for.
(spoilers??)
1. Thomas Hart... perhaps the only actor in the movie is without a doubt the only person propelling the plot. 2. William oh whats his name. (Bruce Willis)... the way the trailer runs and most of the hype... he's the main character. But his name's not Hart. 3. I had 2 characters to root for in this movie. And they weren't Bruce. There was Thomas Hart and our guy from The Peacemaker. Nothing like figuring for most of the movie that the Nazi perhaps is a nice guy and William's a total loser. Which he is except the last minute of the movie.
This movie really fails at telling any story except the trial. So bado's for the script. But it does have it's high of watching while your enjoying the film. It is fascinating to watch. But there is no suspense in this movie. It may totally bore the sh** out of some people. So my advice to you is.. Don't watch this movie expecting much if your 1. a bruce willis fan 2. A WWII movie fan . and 3 know absolutely nothing about what this story is based off of. The dvd gives us no historical lesson here.
The dvd itself is a marvel of stupidity. Giving the widescreen a 2 layer event with special features and failing to do it for those who like p/s. Course I like widescreen over p/s (pain & scream) but really... why tick off those who like p/s? The only plus of course with MGM's take on p/s is that the p/s side is single layer. Hence no pause in the middle of the movie.
7/10
Quality: 2/10 Entertainment: 10/10 Replayable: 9/10