Better than expected!

Rating: 8/10 (25 November 2019)

I was immediately drawn to this movie from the trailer. I like war movies. I love learning about events that happened that I was never taught or mentioned in school. Furthermore, I love to learn about events on that side of the world(not just with America but with things that happened in China/Japan/Indonesia and so on that we're never taught in the west).
One of the more notable things to mention about this movie is how it's not politically driven. The director/writers set out to make a re-enactment of an event that not many people know about unless you're in the military. I'll admit that some of the character stories aren't the most interesting but there had to be something there to get the audience interested and to propel the movie along.
Unlike some of the other war movies, I like how this movie tied the opposing side in. Usually we hear and see it from one side(America's side). It's critical that when we learn about history that we learn about all sides and perspectives.
If you like war movies, you'll love this movie. It doesn't waste anytime ramping up the action. They even include(while very little) some of the Japanese invasion of China in this movie. Can the West please start giving us some films about history in the East? ... because we definitely aren't going to be taught about it in school.
We all obviously know how WW2 turned out but this movie gave me the feeling that it really could've went either way. Both sides in this movie were making strategic moves without GPS and many other things.
Definitely see this movie if you like these kinds of movies.