the truth hurts

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2015)

A well thought out script of what happened to louie zamperini and other soldiers during world war 2. The asymmetry between the two leads in the camp set up a strong sense of the dual journeys made in the story. This is a dark, uncompromising and at times brutal but very pure take on what was a true story. It kept the melodrama to a minimum and the acting stood for itself within the story. Worthy of award nomination if only for relative newcomer Jack O'Connell but the supporting cast really performed too. All in all this is a well rounded take on the tale of a real survivor who found himself in one of the worst places at one of the worst times in history.the truth hurts in every sense of the word