Unbroken

Rating: 7/10 (24 January 2016)

Warning : this review may contain spoilers Unbroken is based on the true story of the the Olympian runner Louie Zamperini well played by Jack O'Connel. Indeed he has been selected for the Olympic game despite his young age . After the USA entered the second world war, Louie decided to enlist in the Air Force. He is sent in the Pacific to wage war on « Japs ». During a rescue air raid with an awfully old and rotten plane Louie and his crewmen crash in the Pacific, in the middle of nowhere. They are only three to survive. Thus they have to struggle unflinchingly during a long time to survive with nothing. But Louie's Nightmare really starts when their lifeboat is found by the Japanese. He is made prisoner of war. He has to stick it out against the ruthless Corporal Watanabee.
For his first time on the other side of the camera, Angelina Jolie give us an moving film with a very good casting. Jack O'Connel but also Miyavi play superbly. The film has been besides nominated for three Oscars . The main flaw of this film is, if the the based on a true story in his above all based on the book which is based on this incredible true story. As most of the time the adaptation is not as good and as complete as the original book. But I don't agree when people describe the film as a war film . Indeed we can't say that it's a real war film cause there is a only a short scene of battle at the beginning of the film. The majority of the film is focuses on the too often forgotten situation of the soldiers been taken prisoner. The plot shows the life of the soldiers in the Japanese camp and not the fighting soldiers. On the contrary of other older American war film this one is not too US flag-waving. We don't see the carrying the day of USA but the fall of the Japan. And that is why unbroken works it is not a classic American war film but the film bring a new and original view on the WW2