Tremendous Triumph

Rating: 10/10 (27 April 2020)

Ronald Emmerich is such an uneven filmmaker - he can make a masterpiece like The Day After Tomorrow, and at the same time he can fail abysmally in such flops like 2012. Here, in Midway, he is at his very best - powerful script, awesome casting, magnificent battle scenes, excellent dialog, tremendous message. The plot shines all through the movie with its sparkling beauty. The horror of war is depicted especially well, and all those huge aerial fights are so quick, so cruel, so mighty that they leave you breathless.
The correct pacing, correct depiction of both Japanese and Americans, correct delivery are knitted seamlessly here.
Very beginning, with the Pearl Harbor battle, one can feel deeply satisfied to relive the all too familiar scene from Michael Bay movie, albeit better shown and better handled.
And after all, great performance from all actors add a great gusto of adrenaline intake.
Excellent war movie it is, with spellbinding message and deeply satisfying results