Rescue Dawn
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Movie Reviews of Rescue Dawn
Movie Review: This movie is heavy!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is heavy! Based on the true story of Navy pilot LT Dieter Dengler from the USS Ranger whose plane went down in 1965--this was interesting to watch. It shows him trying to evade the enemy in Laos, getting captured, tortured, imprisoned for 5 months, escaping/surviving the jungle and being rescued 23 days later.
If you have a weak stomach be prepared to see him and others eating bugs for protein. Worse part for me was when he caught a snake and ate it.
Dieter is said to be the only pilot who escaped from a POW camp during the Vietnam War. I wish I had met him while he was alive!
Have tissue ready for the last 15 minutes of the movie!
Movie Review: Rescue Dawn = absolute brilliance!
Summary: 5 Stars
Cinematically impressive, Rescue Dawn encompasses the amazing talents of Christian Bale and Steve Zahn among others in a film based on a true story that finds these men trapped in a prison camp during the Vietnam War.
Their performances are flawless. So good that you forget you are watching a movie and not some sort of brilliant documentary.
I'm a 22 year old female and I generally like drama's, musicals, comedies etc (vast range of films) but this war film is nothing short of fantastic. Very glad I purchased it through Amazon (I preferred the American cover to the Australian one).
10/10. Bale and Zahn are instantly and consistantly impressive.
Movie Review: Bale should get the Oscar and a standing ovation!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the story of a man, who in the face of true danger and horror, not only looks back with a smile, but also says "give me the worst and I will break you before you break me!". I dare anyone to watch this movie and not be moved not only by Bale's performance but by the fact that this unbelievable man was able to make it through situation where most if not all people would have curled into a fetal position and accepted death. You will leave this film with a new understanding of the human soul. An understanding that when man's heart is strong, he can survive anything. Deiter was an amzing human being and Bale captures him in detail and grace.Movie Review: WHEN?
Summary: 5 Stars
Is this film every going to see wide release in the U.S.? Ever? On DVD at least? Anything. Seriously.
Herzog's original documentary was fascinating and beautiful. Dengler intrigued me on so many levels, but most of all with his unflappable optimism. A truly unique person and character. So with Herzog, Christian Bale and Steve Zahn joining forces for the dramatic adaptation, I don't understand why I still haven't been able to go to a theatre and see it.
Movie Review: Not your typical war movie
Summary: 5 Stars
The best movie of 2007 that most people didn't see in theatres. Based on a true story, Rescue Dawn chronicles the struggles of a downed American pilot in Laos during the early years of the Vietnam War. With performances like this, Christian Bale is beginning to assemble a truly impressive body of work. Yes, the film is long, but this only serves to emphasize the mental anguish of captivity and the loneliness of the jungle. Steve Zahn is very good as well.