Product: Midway (Collector's Edition) (1976)
Rating: 5.0
My favorite movie, but it has some flaws.
For one thing, the people who play the main characters do not look anything like the real person, except Henry Fonda and the man who played Vice Admiral Kondo. One other thing: The three Japanese carriers that were bombed before Hiryu (Kaga, Akagi, Soryu), DID NOT just continue on while blazing out of control, they all separated and went down that night or early the next morning! And finally: The Yamato in this movie looks nothing like the real thing, (nor do the Japanese and American carriers, for that matter), the bombing of the Mogami and the Mikuma on 7 June was omitted, and the Hiryu was bombed on the morning of 6 June in the movie, instead of 4 June as in the actual World War II battle. Other than that, I agree with the other reviewer; five stars and World War II action at its best. Now, if only they made a movie about the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf...