The Great Raid (Full Screen Edition)

The Great Raid (Full Screen Edition)
by John Dahl

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Actor: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Joseph Fiennes, Max Martini, Robert Mammone
Director: John Dahl
Producer: Bob Weinstein
Producer: Harvey Weinstein
Producer: Jonathan Gordon
Writer: Carlo Bernard
Writer: Doug Miro
Writer: Hampton Sides
Writer: William B. Breuer
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language); Tagalog (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment

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Movie Review: But There's No Extras on the Blu-ray
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an excellent war movie based on actual events. It takes time to flesh out its characters, and you believe these characters are real. These are not empty suits doing phony heroics in the wonderful world of computer graphics (can you say "Pearl Harbor"?). The low-key build up is what gives the raid and its aftermath the impact it has in this picture.

As for the Blu-ray itself, the picture looks great. The detail and deep colors are there. I have only one caveat: You'll find no special features.

In other words, buy the Blu-ray. If you already have the two-disk DVD set, hold on to disk 2 for the extras.

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Summary of The Great Raid (Full Screen Edition)

In the epic tradition of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, THE GREAT RAID is an inspirational true story of the most triumphant rescue mission in U.S. military history! As World War II rages, the elite 6th Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war. Under the command of Lt. Col. Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt -- TRAFFIC), the men of the 6th will face the unthinkable by attempting the impossible! Also featuring James Franco (SPIDER-MAN 1 & 2), Connie Nielsen (GLADIATOR), and Joseph Fiennes (SHAKESPEAKE IN LOVE), this gripping big-screen hit captures a moment in time when men of honor became soldiers of destiny!

Nearly three years after it was filmed, The Great Raid finally appeared as a welcome reminder that good old-fashioned World War II movies never go out of style. While lacking the scale, prestige, and pulse-pounding momentum of Saving Private Ryan, this fact-based war drama benefits from a back-to-basics approach to realism and a rousing rescue climax that more than compensates for the slower passages that precede it. Adapted from the books The Great Raid on Cabanatuan and Ghost Soldiers, it chronicles the five-day mission (in late January 1945) to rescue 511 American prisoners of war held by the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines. Under the direction of neo-noir specialist John Dahl (The Last Seduction), the film's three-part structure follows the raid mission led by Lt. Col. Mucci (Benjamin Bratt); the plight of the POWs at Cabanatuan, including malaria-stricken Maj. Gibson (Joseph Fiennes); and civilian resistance in Manila as carried out by real-life hero and Gibson's (fictional) would-be lover Margaret Utinsky (Connie Nielsen), whose effort to aid the POWs is vigilantly monitored by the enemy Japanese. In keeping with war-movie traditions, Dahl handles character and action with no-nonsense intelligence, favoring a slow build over pumped-up adrenalin. By the time the miraculous rescue is executed with critical assistance by Filpino guerillas, The Great Raid has earned its stripes, honoring the brave men who carried out the most successful rescue mission in U.S. military history. --Jeff Shannon

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