Good basic movie

jimel98

I just watched this for the first time. I found it on Netflix and had skipped past it a few times having never heard of it. So, today I gave it a shot. I liked it, I liked it a lot. Not a blockbuster by any wild stretch, but some of the best movies aren't. It's a true story about five Airmen: 2 British, 3 German at the beginning of WW2 who end up depending on each other to survive in the remote wilds of Norway prior to the Germans controlling it. The actors do a wonderful job of showing men in such a stressful situation who must overcome their differences to survive.

One previous reviewer (jerry from the U.S.) mentions he felt the British were portrayed as a bit difficult at first (I don't recall his exact wording) and to be honest, as I watched a NORWEGIAN film I was shocked that the Germans were portrayed as all in all, the better people! But this being a movie portraying real events and people under those circumstances doing whatever they had to do, I just went along for the ride. It was a good ride. The characters develop slowly and never truly become that known to the viewer, but hey, you take 5 people who had just tried killing each other, they're not going to put aside their differences within 2 hours of meeting each other face to face. Just as they get to truly know each other, and we get to know them, they find themselves nearing the end of their journey together.

And how would WE conduct ourselves in those circumstances. This story has been done before plenty of times, but if done right, it's always a good one, especially if the story is true.

So, is it a great movie? I'm not sure I couldn't call it GREAT, but damn good, entertaining and thought provoking? Yeah, absolutely.

score 8/10

jimel98 18 January 2014

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