terrible, avoid - you have been warned

Rating: 1/10 (19 February 2017)

It is rare that I stop watching a film part way through, very rare. I like to give all films a proper look but this one was so very bad I could not face any more clichéd scenes. Just to let you know I stopped when Jack O'Connell's shouted at his fellow prisoners to hit him. I suppose it may have happened that way but Japanese POW's were by and large treated appallingly and usually starved so seeing well fed POW's doing this stretched credulity too far yet again, hence the switch off. For yet more unbelievable scenes see the (1) catching, killing, and eating a seabird & then vomiting (2) catching a shark and punching it to death (3) patching the shot up life raft and the shark attack – all too ridiculous for words and so predictable. However, the worst thing about this film was its incredibly boring plot line. Louis Zamperini would probably be spinning in his grave over this turkey of a film. Take my advice avoid if you can.