The Most Under Rated Movie of 2001

Rating: Null/10 (22 April 2003)

Starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Cuba Gooding Jr., William Lee Scott, Ewn Bremner, Michael Shannon, Greg Zola, Colm Feore, James King, Mako, Catherine Kellner, Jennifer Garner, and Tom Sizemore as Earl.
Two best friends named Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker, who have known each other since childhood, grow up to be pilots. Rafe, is offered to go to war, and he accepts. He tells his girlfriend, Evelyn, who is a war nurse, goodbye as he leaves. Now, Danny, along with his friends Billy, Red, and Anthony are transfered to Pearl Harbor for air training. The nurses also go along. Then, Danny finds out that Rafe has crashed his plane and tells Evelyn the bad news.
Three Months Later, Danny starts to fall for Evelyn. He takes her to see Pearl Harbor at sunset from the air. Then they end up hiding in the parachute hangar, and so on. Then a couple of days later, Danny and Evelyn find out that Rafe is alive. Rafe comes to visit Evelyn, but finds out that his best pal has taken his girl. The next day, December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack, sinking the USS Arizona first. Rafe, Danny, Red, Anthony, Gooz, and Joe go to Earl's airfield and lay off some cover fire with the .50 Caliber. Rafe, Danny, and Joe go to the last planes that are "good to go", and Joe doesn't make it off the runway. Rafe and Danny fly into the air and play a game of chicken with the planes, making the Japanese accidentily crash. After the attack, Col. Doolittle, one of Rafe's previous superiors, offers Rafe, Danny, Red, Gooz, and Anthony to be a part of his group, The Doolittle Raid, which is to invade Japan.
The most under rated movie of 2001. People hate this movie mostly because it is based on Pearl Harbor. I actually like the movie. I was surprised that this was PG-13 because of a lot of violence, and language.

The acting was good. Ben Affleck was okay, but Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale gave solid performances, as did Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, and Tom Sizemore. Most of the supporting cast was good also. There are also bits of humor scenes delivered by Michael Shannon and Tom Sizemore, like when Gooz says that women "cloud the mind" or when he says that he has a girlfriend and no one responds for 10 seconds.

People might hate me, but I thought that this movie was really good. It is filled with Action, Dramatic moments, and some romantic scenes. I recommend Pearl Harbor by all means, but I also recommend other War movies even more.

3 out of 4. My IMDB Rating: 7.2/10.