The Great Raid

Marc Savlov

Onscreen, however, Dahl and writers Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro have instead crafted what may well be the single dullest war film of the past decade, if not longer. ( Read More )

It slogs along from forward command post to jungle crawl and, ultimately, liberation, without so much as a single memorably gung ho, crowd pleasing battle sequence. ( Read More )

Mike Clark

Just about any golden age Hollywood hack could have made a zestier drama about one of the greatest rescue missions in U.S. military history. ( Read More )

The inherent messiness ofarmed combat gets a full and solemn workout in director John Dahls detailed,solidly staged World War II liberation flick The Great Raid, anold fashioned movie of stark moral clarity that will appeal to hardcore genrefans and flag waving American patriots, but not likely make a huge commercialdent in the action market, either domestically or internationally. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

Here is a war movie that understands how wars are actually fought. ( Read More )