A Quality Film

Rating: 8/10 (22 June 2020)

This film portrays the battles in the pacific in the World War 2 era of the 1940s. The battles that take place in it are against the Japanese and the United States. The film shows many different battles such as Pearl Harbor.
The film had many quality actors such as Ed Skrein, Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson, Nick Jonas, Dennis Quaid, and many more. These talented actors do a very good part at portraying their roles in the film. Overall I felt the actors committed well to their roles. Having such a high level cast attributed largely to why I believe this film was such a success in my eyes.
I felt this film very accurately showed the historical aspect of the battles of the pacific. Be that submarine, carrier, or battleship warfare. The film also shows many dogfights throughout. They also show things such as Doolittle's raid, which was a retaliation attack that the begging of the war on the Japanese, for Pearl Harbor. This depiction of the raid was very accurate. I appreciated how they showed that the bombers were not able to make it back to the carrier. Many of the pilots struggles to escape from the Japanese and most became prisoners of war. Some of the pilots in Doolittle's raid were executed for their actions.
The film had very period correct vehicles and costumes. The ships, planes, and cars are all very period correct for a film that is supposed to be set in the World War 2 1940s. A large part of the film follows various characters in different positions as they work to battle the Japanese in the Pacific theater. Many of these actors contribute greatly and selflessly to the success of the United States in battle. The film also has little scenes showing the Japanese and their struggles throughout the war. It also shows a prewar meeting between Edwin Layton and various Japanese generals. This helps to see the success of Edwin and how he is able to see what moves the Japanese will make next.
My drawback of this film is some of the cinematography isn't very believable. The computer-generated graphics of some of the planes and ships does not seem real or believable. I have viewed other films that have much more believable CGI. The overall portrayal of the film and layout was presented very well from scene to scene. If the film would get better CGI I believe it would easily be a 10/10 film.