Let's kill Hitler

Rating: 7/10 (5 December 2013)

Valkyrie is based on the true events in Nazi Germany. The plot to kill Hitler. In 1944 some German officers hatched a plot to take out the Fuhrer and deploy another administration.
This film is about the various intricate plot leading up to the assassination attempt and its aftermath.
Although we are all aware of the outcome, plaudits has to be given to the writers and director Bryan Singer for maximising tension to the hilt.
As always, Tom Cruise gives it his all, although you might think he is a little too earnest here and is ably supported by a largely British cast who either are aiding him or resisting him.
Valkyrie could easily had been a cheesy and rather sentimental story but it really works as a thriller.