A just ok comic book.

Rating: 3/10 (21 January 2020)

If you know anything about airplanes, WW2, ships, midway, history, the US navy, the 1940s, Japanese culture, CGI, etc etc this movie will be a letdown.
If you have the mentality of an 8-year old looking at a 1950s war comic then this movie will be just great.
I'd be willing to bet almost anything that "subcmdr", the first review that you are likely to see when you looked up midway is a paid shill. He comes up with bogus and who cares faults like "a few collar devices that weren't pinned on" and ignores the major ones. Moreover, he should know that if he supposedly studied the battle at annapolis "26 years ago", then this was before the release of the parshall and tully book, and therefore wrong. for one, if he claims that midway was "the pivotal moment changing the course of the pacific war", then he has at best an amateur's view of the battle.
all the pilots in the movie behave like college bros born after the turn of the millenium. the japanese are childish caricature.s the CGI is godawful. god awful. videogames have a better akagi than this "big budget" movie. so much is so very very very, very, very very very wrong with this movie if you care about history or authenticity.
but, as a comic book, it's a hoot.