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Actor: Bruce Willis, Colin FarrellBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Portuguese (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-07-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Hart's War
Movie Review: Powerful Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, I wanted to see Hart's War, because it is one of the few WWII revival films that came out recently, a fresh return to a genre that produced many classics and great entertainment.Having said that, I had no other idea about what the film was about,nor had I read the book, and my ignorance my greatly rewarded by discovering a powerful movie that remained with me long after the credit rolled. This is what I sometimes enjoy most about watching films, having to discover them all by myself, reading no reviews beforehand, and knowing little about it.I will not go on a lot about the plot, since it has been well written about by other reviewers, save to say it is a film about a German POW camp towards the end of the war.The politics, racism, survival instinct that exist among the prisoners go hand in hand with honor,integrity and incredible courage. I am surprised to see that many have compared the film to The Great Escape, something I did not quite see. Yes, there is an escape attempt, and a daring operation, but it not by far the core of the plot! The film is more about these human values that are put under incredible pressure, where some will succumb, some will passively resist, while just a few will abide by an unwavering sense of honor, and duty and face the consequences with dignity.
And it is not about war itself, though what little action we see, (the raid on the train station for example,) are very well directed and edited.
The movie is first and foremost about acting and excellent actors! Colin Farrell adds lots of vulnerablity to his role, and gives his best performance to date, Bruce Willis sinks his teeth into the meatiest, most three dimensional role he had had for a while, Marcel Iures plays to perfection the German POW commander with a sense of civility of an educated man at times, and the ruthlessness of a Nazi officer at others.
But, in my opinion the revelation of the film is Terence Howard!!What a brilliant actor and what a performance! subdued yet full of depth, reflecting the invisible heroes of WWII, the African-Americans who fought bravely for their country, facing impossible odds from everyone!
The last ten minutes of the film ,which I will not reveal since it has many shocking twists, are very powerful! I just kept looking, transfixed to the screen, with all my senses glued to the events that unfolded before me.
This is by far Gregory Hoblit,(Frequency, Fallen, Primal Fear) best film to date, one that if you give it a chance,forget Great Escape for a minute, and watch it with some kind of ignorance, then it will surely reward you with a movie experience rarely seen these days.
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