Hitler's Death??? Although we know the truth... Suspense...

Rating: 9/10 (1 March 2009)

When I saw the trailers of this movie that was coming, I had no doubts that movie was going to be Very Good or at least good. Why? Because the great director, Brian Singer and the actors that were chosen. Also the Academy Award winner Cristopher McQuarrie was an incentive to see the film and we see his marvelous work in it. My point is: We know Hitler die in 1945, not in 1944 and that his death was due to suicide, not to an assassination. So, we maybe expect a boring movie with only a little suspense and a lot of historic dates and facts. But, in "Valkyrie", the thing is too different. Until the final we forget all we know about the World War II. We really believe Hitler's going to be murdered by that plot against him and we learn quite a lot of this plot in its context. That's the true value during all the film. We are gaining suspense and more suspense... And, in the end, while getting out the cinema, we realize that we saw a very dynamic/entertaining movie with action and uncertainty, with history involved. All that beginning from a known fact (Hitler's suicide), a known final... Or not??? That's the magic of the films: The suspense, the dynamism, the drama... Even if we know their end.