This is number 930 on IMDBs top 1000 movies.
Genre – Docudrama, military, POW
Is it worth watching? – Yes
Does it deserve its placement on this list? – yes
One sentence review – A surprisingly upbeat movie from director Werner Herzog.
While watching this movie, I wondered to myself, Christian Bale is such a good actor, why don’t I see him in movies anymore? Part of the answer is he plays a lot of rolls that involve gaining or losing a lot of weight. I wouldn’t be surprised if the total number of pounds lost and gained for his character rolls exceeded 500 pounds.
This movie is based on a true story of a German-American pilot who was a captive prisoner in Laos, during the Vietnam War. As with all movies based on real events, some parts of the story and characters are fictionalized, although the overall feel of the movie is quite authentic. It’s one of the best POW movies I’ve seen and is well worth watching.
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