2008
Runtime: 121 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Bryan Singer
Studio: United Artists
Starring: Tom Cruise & Kenneth Branagh
verwon rating: 7.0
Since my father was in World War 2 and I have spent most of my life listening to the true historical facts of what took place, I am fascinated by anything concerning it, including museum displays and movies. This movie is based on a true story, an attempted assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler by members of his own Nazi forces. This was the last of many attempts by his own people to eliminate Hitler's hold on Germany, known as Operation Valkyrie, it is perhaps the most-well known and best documented.
Tom Cruise plays the role of Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg, who is basically the mastermind of the assassination attempt and this is where the movie loses a little of its possible luster. In my opinion, it's been many years since Tom Cruise has been able to let go of his ego long enough to really immerse himself in ANY role!! Even when the rest of the movie is historically accurate and the other actors are superb, this always detracts from how well it could have been. To really enjoy a movie, we want to lose ourselves in the lead character and forget that we are, indeed, just sitting and watching something on a screen.
The other thing I noticed is there is NO spoken German and no German accents throughout the movie.......now, call me picky, but since this WAS a historical movie about Nazi Germany, this would have added to the authenticity. However, even if they though chose NOT to make it a foreign language film, more than likely hoping it would appeal to a broader audience, I'm thinking they could probably have left out the actors with the English and Irish accents.......you know, being as it IS a movie about GERMANY!!!!! A mix of accents, NONE OF THEM BEING GERMAN, really kind of made it an odd watch!
That said, the movie is done decently, it stays true to history, both with the store line as well as the props, so overall I rank it a 7.0, it's decent, but could have been better!
BEST MOVIE QUOTE: Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg: " I am involved in high treason with all means available to me. Can I count you in?"
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