Bad Movie, Bad History, Bad Everything

Rating: 1/10 (29 September 2005)

This movie is one of the reason why we have kids who know nothing about the TRUE history of this country. Besides obvious errors to the true events of December 7th to make the movie sell, the events shown are even more absurd. The whole movie twists history into a three ball of confusion. Pilots going from Bombers to Fighters back to Bombers in the space of year just didn't happen. No pilot ever served in the RAF and was at Pearl Harbor in the Army Air Corps. This is slam at the real members of the Eagles Sqd. (American volunteers in the RAF). A lot more should have been done to tell the real story of the some of the real people who were at Pearl Harbor, like the two pilots who did get up and fight the Japanese in the Air. More about the first Black Navy Cross winner could have made a much better story than trying to cram the Battle of Britian, Pearl harbor and Doolittle's Raid into this movie. Some of the film was redeeming. The action sequences were good (if a bit overblown). Trust me and see Tora Tora Tora or it's Japanese counterpart to get a better idea of what December 7th was all about.