Rescue Dawn
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Movie Reviews of Rescue Dawn
Movie Review: Laos is the wrong place too be shot down
Summary: 5 Stars
The story was intense, riveting, and surreal. Dieter Dengler is a Navy pilot shot down over Laos, in 1966, per Viet Name war. The mission was covert and unknown to the US Congress. Dieter is a fighter and refuses to sign documents condemning the US military and government. As a result, he is tortured and sent to prison camp.
Dieter mets other Americans at prison and a plan is engineered to escape. Dieter formulates an escape plan using a nail. The nail is used to unlock the handcuffs. The six Americans plan a strategy to acquire the guards weapons during the lunch meal. The plan is moved forward against the schedule because the guards are planning to kill the prisoners having become fatiqued from lack or food and wanting to return home. Dieter has to act.
The prison is the jungle. Laos jungles are filled with bamboo, sharp volcanic rocks, steep 85% slopes, poisonous snakes, insects, and no rain - except during the rain season.
Dieter and Duane escape the prison and begin traveling the Mekong River into Thailand. Duane is killed. Duane death is shocking, sad, and surreal. Dieter dreams that Duane is near him, as he escapes from the enemy. Dieter is rescued in a miraculous series of events: a 90 degree banked turn by the pilot, spotting Dieter on the ground, and rank enough to order a helicopter rescue.
Movie Review: it's a great movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Another war movie, however, this one is a little bit different from all the other ones. Instead of focusing on constant shooting action, strategies involving taking out the enemies, and other things you'd expect in a war movie, this one focuses LESS on action, and more on the Americans escaping from a Vietnamese prison during the war.
Do they eventually escape? Well, you probably know the answer to that one. But the film actually does a good job focusing on the Vietnamese, and the way they went about their lives during the war.
The place the captured Americans were held wasn't exactly the worst place in the world, perhaps the prisons in Vietnam weren't really that bad, or maybe the films developers just didn't do a good enough job showing what those prisons were REALLY like, I don't know the answer to that one.
I just know Rescue Dawn was a good movie because you kept pulling for the Americans to get out of jail, find a clear exit, and hope the helicopters eventually arrive.
I'm reluctant to reveal TOO much more about this movie because war films don't usually vary much with each one, so I don't want to spoil what little surprises this film features that you haven't seen before. Let's just say- as far as war films go, this one is top notch.
Movie Review: Terrific film; great story
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie coming and I was very surprised it did not make a bigger impact at the box office. In fact, it was out of the theaters so quickly I missed it, so I waited for the recent DVD release. I was not disappointed.
Rescue Dawn tells the true story of Dieter Dengler, a Navy pilot shot down and taken prisoner in the Vietnam conflict. The movie title is a little bit misleading, since the movie does not center on a "rescue" so much as it does the escape and survival of the prisoners. The movie definitely centers around Dengler, and I think they were trying to give you a real sense of the isolation and confusion that came with being a prisoner of war (it's a little bit artsy).
The characters (mostly fellow prisoners) and Christian Bale as Dengler were terrific. The story flowed well and I was on the edge of my seat almost the entire movie. Great scenery, great acting, great situations. The special features fill you in on some of the details of Dengler's life too. Overall, you can't miss with a true survival story in Vietnam. May not be suitable for children or the squeamish.
Movie Review: rivals shackleton
Summary: 5 Stars
In 1997 Werner Herzog made a documentary of the story of Dieter Dengler (1938-2001) called Little Dieter Needs to Fly. This time around he dramatizes one of the greatest ever survivor's tales. Dengler was 18 when he left his home in Germany for the states with one mission in mind, to fly for the American military. On February 1, 1966 he took enemy fire and crash-landed his plane in Laos while on a secret mission. After surviving in the jungle on his own he was captured and tortured (hanging upside down with an ant nest around his neck, submerged in a well, dragged by an ox through a village), then taken to the Pathet Lao prison camp. There he met other POWS, then escaped after they overheard the guards say they planned to shoot them. The fellow POWS were separated after the escape, and Dengler and his buddy Duane Martin teamed up. Martin was eventually beheaded by villagers, but Dengler was rescued after improbably surviving the dense jungle. Dengler tells his tale in his own words in the book Escape from Laos (1979).Movie Review: great performances but sadly one of the most underrated films...
Summary: 5 Stars
Buy this "Rescue Dawn" dvd if you wanted to see how great Christian Bale and Steve Zahn performances in one of the most ignored films of last year. The plot is great as this film focused more on the human emotions in the time of war. Those negative reviews that's not constructive did not know the reality of being a POW.
Remember the sacrifices of so many unsung heroes of the front lines,for this isn't a propaganda and all that. If you think this film is all ********,then it saddens me as this film truly represents human beings' reactions and actions in times of real helplessness. Doesn't matter if you are the allies or the enemies. In the end, this film, for me at least, makes me thankful for the people who's destiny is to fight for their respective countries. Please, don't include the politics as this film is all about human experience.
Once again, buy this for those who wanted to see how committed these two actors were in this film!(oh,and the other supporting casts as well!)