Tom Cruise out to get Hitler!

Rating: Null/10 (29 December 2008)

I like this movie very much, even though for the life of me I cannot spell the title. Tom Cruise got far on his good looks, but he proves here that he is a fine actor as well. This is his finest acting since A Few Good Men. I never thought I would say this about a Nazi but Von Stauffenburg was a very brave and heroic man and had his plot suceeded, he would have been REVERED as the man who killed Hitler and ended the war. This movie has excellent performances all around (even though the lack of German accents does get confusing). The greatest compliment I can pay the filmmakers is that even though I knew how it was going to turn out, my stomach was still in knots as the plot unfolded. SPOILER ALERT, the only reason why Hitler wasn't killed is that an SS Officer kicked Von Stauffenbur's briefcase bomb under the table and a heavy oak table support deflected part of the blast from Hitler. Anyway, this is a good first class thriller about brave men who saw true evil and decided to do something about it.