Generally a solid thriller

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 2008)

This is a decent, but not great, WW 2 film. It works pretty effectively as a thriller/spy movie, at least early on. And it does an effective job of keeping up suspense considering that it is fairly common historical knowledge that the plot against Hitler failed. Where the film mostly succeeds is in setting up a conspiracy and the characters not knowing who to trust initially. After this takes place, the film ceases to be seriously suspenseful because the end is assured. It's hard to truly enjoy a thriller when the suspense is counter balanced by knowing the ending already. So, the only real suspense later in the film can come from who lives and who dies but the characters have fully committed to the assassination plot knowing that if it fails they would be executed.