Very nice historical thriller

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2020)

Tom Cruise plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a colonel in the Nazi army who believes Hitler's plan of world conquer is not going to work and decides that the only way to Germany to survive is to enact the Valkyrie plan. Part of that plan is to assassinate Hitler. The movie follows how they put the Valkyrie plan into place along with the plan for Stauffenberg to kill Hitler.
First, some things to cast aside, in my opinion:
* Historical inaccuracies: I should say I'm by no means a history buff, but I have read that liberties were taken to add that thriller feel to the movie. I don't really see that so much as a problem. Yes, this is more thriller than documentary, but that's okay. I think the main points were kept true and what this movie will likely do is to get some people to research further. So any historical inaccuracy, to me at least, is no big deal. They never said this was 100% true and that shouldn't be expected from a Hollywood movie, where the main goal is to make money.
* The accents. Yes, they weren't German accents, but so what? A German accent in English is pointless, and keeping this in German would have turned some people away. I happen to enjoy subtitles in movies, but again, this is a Hollywood movie.
* Tom Cruise. I think this was done at the height of his scientology craze., which turned people away. His personal beliefs have no bearing in my opinion of the movie.
Taking all that away, you're left with a pretty thrilling movie that's based on a true and interesting story. The scenes looked visually accurate, especially for people like me, who aren't history buffs. The acting was solid from pretty much everyone involved, and there were some major actors here. Tom Cruise's performance seemed just fine to me. Yes, he came out as very American, but again, I'm not looking for accuracy. I thought the pacing was nice and didn't feel any lag in the movie. In all, just a solid movie that I quite enjoyed.