The Great Raid (Blu-ray) R

The most daring rescue mission of our time is a story that has never been told
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: April 15, 2011
  • Originally Released: 2005
  • Label: Miramax Lionsgate

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 16,815
Rating: 1/4 -- The story line is telegraphed from word one and the meticulous unfolding plot plods ahead inexorably without the slightest bit of suspense. Full Review
San Francisco Chronicle
Aug 12, 2005
Rating: 2.5/4 -- Dahl's approach may be somewhat pedestrian, but he tells his story clearly and with few unnecessary detours.
Seattle Times
Aug 12, 2005
Rating: 6/10 -- It moves slowly and methodically, showing us the minutest particulars of every facet of the operation. There's more here than we need to know. Full Review
Movie Metropolis
Dec 28, 2005
Rating: 1.5/4 -- While the historical events depicted were unusual and cause for genuine celebration, the film that depicts these events is a dull, by-the-numbers set of war-movie clichés.
Christianity Today
Sep 25, 2006
While one might have wished for a better movie, and a few smarter decisions regarding the screenplay, generally it's a riveting, even inspirational account of an American feat of arms about which few know but about which many more should. Full Review
Washington Post
Aug 12, 2005
[The Great Raid tells] a tale of courage under fire and serving as a reminder to us all in this day and age that war is not all about smart bombs and precision aerial displays; rather, it exemplifies life, death, honor and courage. Full Review
Behind The Lens
Nov 6, 2019
Rating: 3/4 -- This smart, unhurried drama plays out like a retro version of Saving Private Ryan.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Aug 12, 2005

Product Description:

Director John Dahl switches genres from film noir (THE LAST SEDUCTION, RED ROCK WEST) to military actioner with THE GREAT RAID. Following the 1942 Bataan Death March, thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers were imprisoned by the Japanese in a POW camp in Cabantauan in the Philippines. Brutalized, starved, and tortured, the prisoners languished in the camp for nearly three years. But in January 1945, an American battalion, with the help of Filipino guerrillas, planned a daring mission--some called it suicide--to rescue the five hundred U.S. soldiers still alive there. The film is told in glorious detail. The story is based on two books, THE GREAT RAID: RESCUING THE DOOMED GHOSTS OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR by William B. Breuer and GHOST SOLDIERS: THE EPIC ACCOUNT OF WORLD WAR II'S GREATEST RESCUE MISSION by Hampton Sides. In addition, several men involved in the raid served as consultants on the project. The result is a thrilling, agonizing, and unforgettable war movie like they used to make in the 1940s and 1950s, a celebration of the human spirit. THE GREAT RAID stars Benjamin Bratt as Lt. Colonel Mucci, an offbeat military man who puts his faith in young Captain Prince (James Franco) to lead the dangerous mission. Among the men imprisoned in the camp are Joseph Fiennes as the ailing Major Gibson and Marton Csokas as Captain Redding, who is always trying to escape. Connie Nielsen adds romantic tension as a war widow smuggling much-needed medicine into the camp.

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