Horrible

Rating: 3/10 (17 December 2001)

This was a horrible movie. Once you got to the actual attack the special effects were impressive and entertaining but getting to that event was excruciating. The sappy love story seemed written by pre-teens, Barbie goes to war. The characters were one dimensional cut outs and every war movie cliche had to be included. Events were staged for effect. For example, in one scene in a factory the floors were wetted down to get that nice sheen for the camera. Why would factory floors be flooded on purpose. It made no sense besides getting a nice shot. History was condensed and twisted to fit into quick sketches. Anyone watching this film to gather some sense as to why this attack happened would be very disappointed. The Japanese were portrayed as just the sneaky villains. It is a wonder they didn't have mustaches to twirl. The dialogue was stilted, the subtitles were barely legible, the music was maudlin, it was a bad, bad movie. Don't waste your money.