Great True Story Of An American Hero

Rating: 9/10 (29 April 2017)

Expertly directed by Angelina Jolie, "Unbroken" is the true story of U.S. soldier Louis Zamperini (played by Jack O'Connell) who survived weeks in a raft in the ocean after a plane crash, then is taken prisoner by Japanese soldiers and brutalized by the commander of the P.O.W. camp.
A dangerous bombing run, an attack by Japanese Zeros, a search and rescue operation that turns into a disaster, the agonizing weeks of starvation and thirst in a life raft, flashbacks of Zamperini's troubled childhood and redemption, and the never ending days of torment in two Japanese P.O.W. camps give the audience insight to who this amazing person is and how he was able to survive the hardships during World War II.
My most memorable, movie moment of "Unbroken" is the scene when O'Connell is in the life raft with two of his friends who also survived the plane crash; there is a wicked storm and each wave is as big as a three-story house. O'Connell grips tightly on the ropes attached to the raft, praying to God to help him make it through this horror.
"Unbroken" is a story made more powerful because it is true. Both the beauty and ugliness of the human spirit are shown, with the "better angels of our nature" winning.
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