Eh

Rating: 5/10 (27 December 2008)

What a waste of so many extraordinary talents! To have Tom Cruise and Kenneth Brannagh lend their talents to such a plodding and predictable plot is a travesty. We don't care about film characters just because of the historical events or the actors- we care about them because of who they are and what they do in the STORY! This is just a documentary with nothing other than the historical events to support it. And anybody with a rudimentary, or even sensationalist, knowledge of WWII history knows how it will end. There's no suspense! Fault the writer/director for becoming so enamored with the historical events. The death of the wife of one of the major players may have been an impetus for writing the story in the first place and be an explanation for the overly sentimental treatment of the events. The opening special effects are spectacular and prepare the audience for something much more substantial than what the film delivers. Give this a regrettable three (yes, THREE!) thumbs down.