War Movie Reviews

"Beau travai" is a feature film directed by Claire Denis and starring Denis Lavant , MischaSubotkiof and Gregoire Colin . It was released in Italy on September 4, 1999. The film tells the story of a lieutenant who fell in love with the commander in a garrison camp in a French colony   .

"Virunga" is a documentary directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, focusing on a group of park managers who protect endangered gorillas and poachers in the "virunga", Africa's oldest national park. conflict. The documentary went live on Netflix on November 7, 2014, and appeared in theaters in New York and Los Angeles at the same time.

The Fog of War is a 95-minute war documentary directed by Errol Morris . The film was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 21, 2003. The film documents former US Defense Secretary Robert Strange McNamara 's deep introspection on the war during the Vietnam War, reminding the George Walker Bush administration not to play with fire easily   .

"Hacksaw Ridge" is Hee Yi Pictures, Kylin Pictures produced war film history by Mel Gibson directed, Andrew Garfield , Sam Worthington , Luke Bracey , Tez , Hugo Weaving , Rachel Griffiths , VinceVaughn starring   . The film is adapted from the real experience of Desmond Doss, a senior soldier in World War II . It tells the legend of his refusal to carry weapons on the battlefield and rescued 75 comrades in the battle of Okinawa with bare hands   . The film was released in the U.S. on November 4, 2016 and   in China on December 8, 2016   . In December 2016, "Hacksaw Ridge" was selected as the top ten films of the 2016 American Film Institute.  On February 27, 2017, he won the 89th Oscar Award for Best Sound Effect   .

"Saints and Soldiers" is an anti-war film directed by Ryan Little, Cobin de Airret, Alex Naivo, Kobe Heborn, and Lawrence Bergby. .

"Restrepo", which won the jury's documentary award at the sundance film festival , was completed by the author of " The Perfect Storm " (The Perfect Storm), reporter Sebastian Junger, and photographer Tim Hetherington. They started to shoot this film in 2008. , Dedicated to tracking a field platoon of the U.S. military for a whole year, and recorded fragments of their mission and life in The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan . The film title "Restrepo" is the name of one of their sacrificed comrades, who used it to name their post as a memorial.

"Good Kill" is a thriller film released by IFC Films on September 5, 2014. The film is directed by Andrew M. Niccol, starring January Kristen Jones and Ethan Hawke .  The film tells that after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States launched a military attack on civilians in the name of "Good Kill" in order to prevent the Taliban from inflicting damage to the U.S. military. 

"Saving Private Ryan" is a war film produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. in 1998, directed by Steven Allan Spielberg and co-starred by Tom Hanks , Tom Sizemore and Matt Damon . The film was released in the United States on July 24, 1998. The film describes the four sons of the Ryan family who participated in the battle after the Normandy landing . Except for the youngest son of the 101st Airborne Division , the second-class soldier James Ryan, who is still missing, the other three sons have been there within two weeks. Fight to death everywhere. General George Catlett Marshall , Chief of Staff of the United States Army , learned of the incident and out of humanitarian considerations, ordered an 8-man squad to be organized on the front line to find out the life and death of the unknown second-class James Ryan amidst the crowds and the rain of bullets, and put him in safety. Send it back to the back   . On December 17, 2014, the film was selected into the list of 2014 "National Treasure Films" in the United States. 

"The Last Legion" is an action film directed by Doug Leffler and starring Colin Firth , Aishu , Thomas Sangster , Iain Glen , Peter Mullan , Ben Kingsley, etc. The film was released in the United States on August 17, 2007. The film revolves around the arrest and imprisonment of Romulus II , the last emperor of Western Rome . It tells the story of Romulus II, with the help of Aurelius and others, escape from the imprisoned island and continue his final rule   .

"To Be or Not to Be" is a remake of the classic work of the same name by German director Liu Bieqian in 1942. Directed by Allen K. Johnson, starring Mel Brooks , Christopher Lloyd , Anne Bancroft , Chuck , Tim Matheson , Terence Marsh, etc. During World War II, in occupied Poland, a group of stage actors under the leadership of Joseph Tula and his wife Maria launched an extraordinary struggle against the Nazis-a spy brought a message that might destroy A secret letter from the Polish Resistance Movement, so Joseph and the others must do their best to prevent this from happening, and they must not let this letter fall into the hands of the Germans.