Balanced mix of drama, action, romance

Rating: 10/10 (25 May 2001)

This is one awesome movie. Very patriotic but not overly pro-US... Some shots about the hospital being attacked were casting a bias on the Pearl Harbor bombing itself, but otherwise, it was perfect... Not too much romance, credible character relationships, every character appearing on the movie being linked to someone else or some event...
And no "free" violence, like The Patriot. The raid was very well rendered, both from the perspective of the sailors, aviators and medical personnel... The kind of movie which takes you on a roller-coaster of emotions, even if it means the story-line is somewhat easy to predict at times...