Individuals do stand up for what they believe in

Rating: 7/10 (23 June 2010)

In what is a very powerful told story about the German Nazi regime during world war II, Americans get a glimpse into the fact that not all Germans were in support of Hitler's actions. This movie portrays the story of the final attempt on Hitler's life and the events that took place. The men involved were compelled they "have to show the world that not all of us are like him."
Most anyone watching the film will know the end of the story, then again who knows with the American education system. But even assuming that you did learn a thing or two about history the story is engaging and does keep you wondering what will happen next. The better question is that it begs what if things happened just slightly different then the events that occur in the film depict.
Tom Cruise and the rest of the cast do an excellent job in displaying the characters of the film. The sense of tension and urgency comes through from the actors on screen and you are drawn into the feelings that the real life person's must have been feeling in these intense life and death situations. From argumentative discussions to the planting of the bomb to the silent looks and glances the film does an outstanding job of letting the audience feel like they are right there in the scene through out the film.
The re-telling of the famous Stauffenberg is very worth of it's own film and the story is quite interesting. It gives an alternative view point of Germans during world war II and allows the movie watcher the chance to see that on this earth we are all human.