Monday 19 January 2015

Unbroken

I watched this film at the Dendy Opera Quays cinema in Sydney.

It is the story of Louie Zamperini, an american prisoner of war survivor in World War 2, and an Olympic runner (he competed at the Olympics in Berlin in 1936).

Lou was part of an aircrew that ditched into the Pacific during the war, leading to him and two colleagues being adrift at sea for over six weeks.  They were eventually captured by the Japanese and interned in a camp.  The film portrays the brutality of the camps very well, and Lou's strength of character in pulling through.  However, I felt there was something missing in making this a great film - hard to out my finger on why.


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