I am "germaine" like many others in thinking this is just an average movie!

Rating: 7/10 (20 September 2009)

VALKYRIE
(In the style of Steve Winwood 80's hit song "Valkyrie")
So wild, leading there, with his hands going in for the dare I cannot remember if von Stauffenberg actually touched him There is still no other face dreaded in Germany's face Not cool, he was an ass in Germany's days Hitler, fright and not sweet, that Von Stauffenberg wanted to blow away Now he cannot be that warm, with Von Stauffenberg's bomb ready to disarm
Valkyrie, kill on him, kill on him, Valkyrie Come and see, He is not the same Colonel he used to be
OK, enough! Director Bryan Singer's "Valkyrie" is not more than a modest adaptation of true story events on German Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg's assassination attempt of Adolph Hitler during the height of World War II. Operation Valkyrie, is the name of the plan that used the Reserve Army to keep amongst the Germany country should anything disrupt communications from Hitler, or should Hitler be killed. It should have been titled "Fuehrerkillrye". Colonel Santa Claus did have some elf helpers (I mean other German conspirers) in his "Bye Hitler" assassination attempt including: General Friedrich Olbricht (Bill Nighy), Ludwig Beck (Terence Stamp), and other general German Hitler Haters. Singer orchestrates the "Kill Hitler" tune synchronic at times; but at others, it was lost in key with its complex "hard-to-follow" plot. Tom Cruise's starring performance as von Stauffenberg was commandable, I mean commendable, but misfired at times with its monotonous expressions. The supporting acting performances from Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Izzard, Tom Wilkinson, and the aforementioned Nighy & Stamp also failed to kill me with thespian excellence, even though I am giving these acclaimed actors the benefit of the doubt because they were given such a convoluted script. Not to say that Christopher McQuarrie's script wasn't sporadically engaging, but most times it was blown right over my head and also of most general moviegoers. Do not fully kill your plans on watching "Valkyrie", but do not accept a hit Hitler killer movie! *** Average