The Great Raid

What makes this film work is the great acting by James Franco.It was based on a true story and you really believe the script and Franco as he leads his men into hell.I bought several copies for Christmas presents this year.Don't... Full review

ithought this was a great movie, histroicaly correct. o and mark consales only has about a 4 min part that has no importance... Full review

I watched this one on Memorial Day on AMC. I have seen Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Platoon, and a million other war movies countless times, but this is my second favorite of all time (excluding Black Hawk Down). This... Full review

This movie is near to the actual story, the Margaret Utinski role aside. Bland characters ? Nawww, the main characters are meant to be Bratt, Franco, and Fiennes, others are in supporting roles. It is dramatic and , of course the... Full review

I went to the film with the expectation of violence and bravery, and I did get that result after watching it. The action was realistic, and the plot interesting, but I did not get a full sense of sespense. Personally, I... Full review

It's always a tough job to make a film from a book because inevitably what has been left of the film in adaptation makes some who have read the book very very unhappy. Even iconic films like Gone With The Wind... Full review

This movie was spellbound by the special effects and semi-effort on the acting and directing. The movie moves a bit too fast paced and not enough time building up the history behind the action. I did like the realistic feelings involved... Full review

Okay so the movie...I'd say was quite good. The effects were quite misty like with the blood thing like the bits of blood thing... But the thing is... First off if your gonna film something, like a historical event or something,... Full review

Too much action, they should stop these war movies only classics like platoon and saving private ryan are good. Acting was good, but everything else isnt something we havent already seen a million times, but if you still like war movies... Full review

The Great Raid is a realistic view according to this soldier who spent 23 years of his life defending this country so the Chicago Trib and other rags can write their liberal views to down play the need for wars and... Full review

Unlike the factual event on which it's based, it's neither rousing nor inspiring, too often relying on old-fashioned melodrama and regurgitated POW film clichés to provide the drama inherently lacking in the historical record. ... Full Review

Unlike the factual event on which it's based, it's neither rousing nor inspiring, too often relying on old-fashioned melodrama and regurgitated POW film clichés to provide the drama inherently lacking in the historical record. ... Full Review

The Great Raid" salutes one of the greatest liberation events of World War II. Although the general tone of "The Great Raid" is solemn and noble, Dahl wisely resists the temptation to drop in the usual gimmicky filmmaking frills. ... Full Review

This makes for a long movie, over 130 minutes, and some awkward transitions, which ultimately prove its downfall.....Still, the movie tells an amazing tale..... ... Full Review

In its representations of Japanese, Filipinos, and Caucasians, The Great Raid appears racist in a way that is at once familiar, retro, and persistent..... ... Full Review

Days out from the debut of the Avatar trailer , and the buzz of Avatar Day, we're still talking about James Cameron's technological opus. I wanted to write something that was a little critical of the hype, but I feel... ... Full Article

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Special Note: You may be aware that The Great Raid was completed in 2002 and then left to sit on a shelf in the Miramax vault for about three years. 9 times out of 10, this kind of thing happens... ... Full Article

This was a very good movie. I recommend it wholeheartedly. However, it could have been better. This story held the keys to an epic movie. ... Full Article

Like the soldiers who have languished in a Japanese camp for three long years, this film has sat on the shelf for so long that the people who made it could be excused for wondering if they, too, had been... ... Full Article

The Great Raid, one of the first in a series of dumps constituting a massive last-minute shelf purge over at Miramax, made just $3.4 million this weekend on 819 screens -- but Harvey Weinstein insists his campaign has only just... ... Full Article