To End All Wars
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Movie Reviews of To End All Wars
Movie Review: Perhaps the best movie I have ever seen!
Summary: 5 Stars
So many movies in our day and age are shallow and empty, filled with many special effects, but no profitable message. If you are looking for a movie that is based on a true story, carries a weighty message and has life changing influence, then go no further! I immediately purchased a copy after seeing it. If you can get passed the cursing (which in this case is expected) and handle the violence (which is essential to enforcing the message), then this movie will move you. For a bonus, turn on the "director's comments" feature and watch the movie again. You will see how much was put into it with highly limited funding and resources, and you will see how well it represents what actually happened. This movie is a must see for our all too often revenge seeking, selfish society! It has helped motivate much needed change in my own life. I highly recommend it!Movie Review: A Film To Think About
Summary: 5 Stars
I greatly enjoyed "To End All Wars" for a variety of reasons: it was well made, the actors gave splendid performances, and the film's themes are worthy of contemplation and meditation.
Very few films I have seen portray so strong a Christian view of suffering and life. Unlike "Christian" films, "To End All Wars" does not shy away from real life, nor does it shoot itself in the foot by being "preachy." The violence and language alone earn it the ire of many, to be sure.
One of the central themes of "To End All Wars" is justice and who the truly just man is. The characters experience profound suffering and wrestle with deprivations of every kind: from basic things like freedom, food and health, to harder things like dignity, humanity and even life. In the midst of this there is a struggle between compassion and love for one's enemies and revenge.
Movie Review: Intelligent, compelling film
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is a first-rate "war movie" which tells the tragic true story of Allied troops being held by the Japanese during WW II. It is well-written, crisply directed, and wonderfully acted.The movie traces the experiences of Allied troops enduring horrible slave labor conditions under the Japanese. The captured soldiers determine to weather the oppression by engaging their vocations while imprisoned. Despite their circumstances, a few soldiers set up a school, another (who was an actor) sets up a play, some musicians carve bamboo recorders and organize an "orchestra."
Because of their industriousness and their relationship to their guards we see men transformed from evil oppressors.
I rank this movie right up there with "Chariots of Fire" as presenting a moving story of Christian integrity and witness.
Movie Review: Disturbing and inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars
To End All Wars is not for the faint of heart. While there are few truly gory images, there are many very disturbing and shocking scenes in this movie. However, it presents a beautiful example of the power true faith in God gives to not only endure but to forgive the worst indignities and atrocities. Ernest Gordon and Major Campbell show two completely different responses to suffering. Gordon finds the grace through Christ to forgive his oppressors and extend mercy to them, even when it is not required. Campbell is eaten up with the desire for revenge; even when he finally has the chance to take it, he finds no satisfaction. To those who are offended by the overt Christian message, I would say: This is a true story about allowing God to change your worst impulses into something beautiful. Why is that bad?Movie Review: Deserves more than 5 stars
Summary: 5 Stars
I rented this movie the day that it came out. I was mesmerized the entire time. I have encouraged all my friends to watch it and buy it. As much as I enjoyed the the main themes, (mercy, justice, and forgiveness) I was equally impressed with the cinematic quality of this movie as well. Robert Carlisle and Kiefer Sutherland are outstanding, and the main character gave a most impressive performance along with many of the other foreign actors. As I mentioned above, the major themes of forgiveness, mercy, and justice permeated the movie and actually changed the lives of several of the people involved in this true story of prisoners of war.I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VIEW THIS FILM AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.
P.S. Did I mention that I bought the movie 2days after I watched it?