A very good surprise

Rating: 9/10 (24 May 2020)

I have to be honest: I started with the very wrong assumption that this movie would be another Pearl Harbor disaster, full of historical inaccuracies and made up stories just to keep us entertained. For months I was stuck with that opinion until I made the jump yesterday night and decided to buy and watch this movie on YouTube where it was on sale.
And I have to admit I was wrong all along. This movie is a gem. Roland Emerich didn't take any liberties with what actually happened that day and the months between the attack on Pearl Harbor and the decisive blow out over Midway. I just wished some other big moments of the Pacific War like the Dolittle Raid on Tokyo and the Coral Sea battle would have been more developed.
The cast general performance is also on point. It's still entertaining without being overplayed unlike Pearl Harbor when everything was made to keep the melodrama going over the need of remaining accurate about the historical facts.
So I definitely recommend to watch this movie. If you're making the same mistake of considering it as another Pearl Harbor, you are really missing up something. 9/10