Rote, Cliche, Melodramatic

Rating: 2/10 (23 May 2020)

I'll be generous and just say that ant director who can make a film about one of the most dramatic and decisive battles in history and make it boring has to be in a directorial slump or malaise. And although the buck stops with the director, the actors can't get be held blameless either, especially when they are as seasoned and talented as Woody Harrelson (think No Country For Old Men) and Dennis Quaid. The acting is boring and clichè....like someone's stereotypical idea of how guys spoke during the forties...straight out of the movies made at that time. The half-grins, the winks, the stentorian speaking between generals...as if they are caricatures instead of real, live human beings, the calm demeanor of the airmen as they are about to jump out of their burning planes like they're going for a stroll. Just dumb.