Cruise is not a right person for this role.

Rating: 6/10 (27 February 2011)

Tom Cruise is not believable in any role much less as a German Colonel in World War II. Through the entire movie it is the supporting actors that carry this movie. Comedian eddy Izzard portraying a German officer is another bad choice for this movie. Had cruise been replaced with some top notch real actor the movie would have had some chance of wining Oscar for many things supporting actors, scenes, locations, etc.. I believe he did this movie to revive his sinking career which has been getting worse and worse day by day. With his good looks fading away as he is getting older there is not much to go with. I am sure many people will score this movie very high simply because standards have dropped in many things in this country including movies.