Rescue Dawn

Christian Bale aka batman or the lesser known Quin from reign of fire(highly recommend). This is a great story about a man who is able to esacpe from a POW camp in Vietnam. This is like the modern day Great Escape... Full review

Let me first say that as a movie this just a good movie, not great. However because of the amazing performances by the cast, it makes this film rank a little higher. Also let me say that Christian Bale is one... Full review

One Of Christian Bale’s Best: Christian Bale is one of my favorite actors and he does a great job in this movie. All of the main characters do a great job of keeping their acting ability consistent. Although I have to... Full review

Christian Bale is one of my favorite actors and he does a great job in this movie. All of the main characters do a great job of keeping their acting ability consistent. Although I have to say that one character that... Full review

THis film was a real good film, it was a real intense P.O.W drama. And it's amazing that this was a true story. Bale did his part real well, he's is a great actor. And Zahn did his part real well... Full review

What a worthless piece of trash... I wanted to like but the script was so bad the actors looked silly. Events did not line-up a waste of time!... Full review

This seems like recycled conted. The acting is heartless, and the plot confusing. Although based on a ture story, it doesn't seem too realistic. Not that good at all.... Full review

I felt this movie was good. The plot, a captured soldier has ot escape his prison and make it home, has been told before but Rescue Dawn did a good job of keeping it interesting. The scenery in the movie was... Full review

This is a really well put together film. The fact that the studios did not promote it well shows in its box office. This is one of Christian Bale's best performances. A good performance by all the other actors as well.... Full review

This is the kind of movie that doesnt bother to keep you interested. What an awful first 30 minutes. Thats where the good elements should be to interest someone. I walked out after the first hour. If you liked this movie... Full review

It is a great movie with great performances.....Nevertheless it is a great movie but it could definitely have been better.....Werner Herzog, a very capable director, directed this movie and it is one of his best movies.....I watched this movie only for him but it is worth more than that.....Very well told story with a gripping plot and excellent performances..... ... Full Review

captures your attention, it could have gone a bit darker still, but overall Rescue Dawn is a good movie for a rent.......Steve Zahn and the others do a fine job as well.....Christian Bale in the lead role is as interesting as ever....though accents are not the greatest, the story is entertaining.... ... Full Review

This is Herzog's method, and that, plus a quietly powerful musical score and some neo-romantic cinematography (the film was shot in northern Thailand, and the scenery is gorgeous), make "Rescue Dawn" more lyrical than gritty. It's a surprisingly lyrical story ... Full Review

Herzog's best films....a director less anxious to show the world what a crazy artistic genius he is....Herzog's most accessible, and enjoyable, film.... ... Full Review

Rescue Dawn is quite possibly one of the most honest movies you'll see this year, and judging from the passion I saw from the director and actors in the special features, they don't give a damn whether this movie makes bank or wins awards. Directed by Werner Herzog, who brings plenty of credibility to the project, the biggest flaw in this film is its adherence to the original story. ... Full Review

In this photo provided by MGM Studios, Steve Zahn, left, and Christian Bale are shown in a scene from "Rescue Dawn." There is something absent from director Werner Herzog's Vietnam War-era movie "Rescue Dawn" that is usually prevalent in most... ... Full Article

CHICAGO - Haunted by the non-fictional ghost he was portraying, Steve Zahn - who previously had been typecast by Hollywood as a comic reliever - lost 40 dead-serious pounds for "Rescue Dawn" to walk the same footsteps of a POW... ... Full Article

It's back to the jungle for Rescue Dawn's Steve Zahn, but the starvation and death of Herzog's POW pic is nothing compared to the depression caused by this tortured comedy. ... Full Article

Last and quite unforgettably seen as one of Rescue Dawn 's tragic POWs, Steve Zahn returns to the jungle to headline this innocuously awful, February-dumped comedy in his trusty but musty persona of the happy-go-unlucky, half-stoned schemer. ... Full Article

Finally released to a wider audience after originally screening in Australia at festivals only, Rescue Dawn is an enthralling story of one man overcoming every obstacle in his way to achieve freedom. ... Full Article

As Dengler escapes with buddy Duane (Steve Zahn, wild-eyed but surprisingly good), Herzog comes into his own, the dense jungle undergrowth beckoning insanity as these starving, hallucinating prisoners search for rescue. ... Full Article