Its kind of a motivational movie that helps you keep going but does not leave any impressions either good or bad.

Rating: 7/10 (25 August 2015)

"Unbroken" is a story about Louis Zamperini that seems to have little interest in Louis Zamperini. As quoted by NYtimes "The film painstakingly details his harrowing wartime experience and every brutal assault against his person". Angelina Jolie, directed an average film based on Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling book "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption". Unbroken kicks off with a bang. A gorgeous air battle places the audience in the middle of World War II, not caring to introduce you to the boys in the B-24 bomber. From there, the film unfolds as flashback of Zamperini's Torrance, California, childhood and his unlikely ascent to athletic greatness. There in we see a very young Zamperini smoking, drinking, looking up girls' skirts and not paying attention at church. But his brother pushes him to focus, and soon enough, his family realizes they've got a star on their hands. Zamperini, before enlisting in the Air Force to fight in the war, was a track star who ran in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Though fairly straightforward, his racing scenes are among the utmost excitement the viewers can get from the movie. He's a guy who saves his best for the final moments. It's thrilling but immediate which kills the mood. The wartime "present," however, has the feel of a lengthy montage, especially when Zamperini and his fellow mates are stranded after their plane crashes in the Pacific. He and two crew mates survived on a raft at sea for 47 days, only to be captured by the Japanese and put into a brutal prisoner-of-war camp. When he gets to the POW camp, we're introduced to a sadistic prison guard whose sole purpose seems to be to beat Zamperini at every possible moment. But again, without any inquiry into what inspired Zamperini to endure, the endless brutality falls flat. O'Connell's performance is strong and steadfast with moments of greatness and deep vulnerability, but it fails to inspire an emotional response from the audience although certain scenes in the movie were electrifying while other could bore you to death or inspire you depending on your taste.