Messy and somewhat distasteful

Rating: 4/10 (13 March 2020)

You literally could've made 3-4 movies out of the plot (which feels disjointed and way too condensed). They cover Pearl Harbor, The Doolittle Raids, and lastly the Midway battle, all of which could easily be movies on their own, but are treated more as historical footnotes instead of being given the attention and care those events need. Not to mention it's not wholly necessary to focus too much on the Japanese military, which they also don't develop much, as it really drags down the overall pacing and would've benefitted from mainly focusing on one side's perspective. The acting lacks passion and comes across very bland, which is insulting, as these were all real American heroes whom all deserve better. The cgi is very lame and distracting, the pacing was horrid, and worst of all the script was very lacking. This felt more like a made for TV movie than an actual professionally made wide theatrically released movie. Worst of all it tried to paint some of the horrific things the Japanese military did as more matter of fact/honorable as opposed to being legitimately evil acts they carried out (such as slaughtering thousands of Americans and Chinese). This movie was incredibly distasteful.