"Good War Thriller!"

Rating: 7/10 (28 July 2012)

Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard and Terence Stamp star in Bryan Singer's 2008 war thriller based on a true story. This film takes place during World War II in Nazi Germany and we're introduced to Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg (Cruise). He writes in his journal and is injured in combat losing one of his eyes. Soon, he's recruited to lead a project mission, Valkyrie to assassinate Fuhrer, Adolph Hitler. Everything goes as planned until Stauffenberg and his team members find out that Hitler may still be alive. Wilkinson (Batman Begins) plays General Friedrich Fromm, Branagh (Frankenstein) plays Major-General Henning Von Treskow, Nighy (Underworld) plays General Friedrich Olbricht, Izzard (My Super Ex-Girlfriend) plays General Erich Remer and Stamp (Superman II) plays Ludwig Beck. This is a good film and Cruise & the cast are great. I recommend this.