An Intriguing War Story with Some Great Performances

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2016)

Unbroken follows a young Olympic runner who signs up to fight in World War II and ends up spending much of it in one place, where he isn't fighting much.
For starters, the story itself is pretty interesting. I don't want to spoil much, but the events of the war that are focused on are pretty interesting and more or less unique. By unique I mean that these weren't events or stories that have really been focused on in war movies, or at least I haven't seen many like this.
The performances are all good, but two in particular stand out: Jack O'Connell and Miyavi. Miyavi in particular as a Japanese leader in a prisoner of war camp. He's evil, he's abusive, but he's human, and especially towards the end he brings just that to his character.
Something that particularly stood out was the make-up and physical appearance of many of the characters. When the soldiers were starved, they looked starved, when they were injured, they looked injured. Every one of them looked the part all the time, and that was just another awesome visual aspect of the film.
Overall Unbroken is a great movie. The story is interesting, the acting is great, and the make-up/circumstantial appearances of the characters is very authentic. In the end I'd definitely recommend this movie.