Good but...over-rated

Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2015)

This is now the second film I've seen, after 2011's "In The Land Of Blood And Honey" directed by Angelina Jolie. That first film, while an important subject, I found to be an unbelievable schnooze-fest. This second film, which I got around to seeing at the local cineplex over the holidays, wasn't too bad actually. I just saw it's leading man- Jack O'Connell- in a great prison film called "Starred Up", and he's really good in this playing USA Olympian and athlete Louis "Louie" Zamperini, who survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber was downed in World War II, then was sent to a series of prisoner of war camps.
I think Jolie's direction adds maybe a tad too much in the way of over- melodramatics, and the film was also a little over-rated by viewers, but overall a fine effort. And WTF- I see that the Coen Brothers are two of this film's writers-??? LOL Jai Courtney (who played John McClane's son in "A Good Day To Die Hard"), Garrett Hedlund, as well as an actor my sister says I resemble- Domhnall Gleeson- also star.