Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Leofwine_draca ONLY THE BRAVE has potential, that's for sure. It tells the story of Japanese-American troops fighting on the side of America against Japan during the Second World War. It's not an original subject matter, because they'd done similar films since the 1950s, but I was more than happy to check out the story as told for a new generation.Sadly, this turns out not to be a war film at all, but rather an overworked melodrama. Just as the story seems to turn interesting, the viewer is treated to another endless flashback; flashback footage eats up most of the running time here. We get to see the soldiers back home as they interact with their wives and family members, and these scenes are embarrassingly 'arty' and quite lame. The film is bogged down with romantic sentiment throughout, and I found it all quite unwatchable. It's a pity, as the casting director has assembled plenty of familiar Asian-American and Hawaiaan actors, including action stalwarts like Mark Dacascos and Jason Scott Lee, alongside Greg Watanabe and Kenneth Choi.

Indianbear The impact of this very human film was staggering. I will not try to give a "technical" review of the acting or direction. It deserves better than that. The movie honors, as we all should, this special group of men who fought and died for us in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. I saw the valor, the courage, the honor - and those qualities are important. But more important to me was the love. Yes, the love. The love of home and family. The love of one man, one human being for another. The love of friends; friends that lay down their lives for one another. The love that they were willing to die for. To their great credit the creators of Only the Brave make it without shouting one four letter word, making one obscene gesture or insulting us with one rude shot of a bodily act for so called "realism" The impact was in fact stronger with the absence of unnecessary trash. The life, the death, the struggle were realism enough. Steven Spielberg take note: you could learn a lot here. They CAN make 'em like they used to; and better.

muzikmuzik I saw this screened yesterday at the Bite The Mango Film Festival in Bradford, UK.Very moving film! Its rare to see a 'war film' that centers itself on Budhism. Not in its entirety but central to its story.It not only shows how futile war is but also the way those of Japanese ethnicity in America during the war were treated. All locked up together in internment camps for doing nothing wrong, apart from being Japanese American. Just for being of a certain country's origin - Then made to fight for their country.With pretty much an all Asian cast its a well crafted work which looks great with a superb sound design and a visual treat.Try and get to see it if you can.

tay5656 In my opinion, this movie's title should be changed from "Only the Brave" to "All About Lane". I went to a screening of this film a few months ago and was quite disappointed with the outcome. Although, I appreciate that the director made a movie about the men of 442nd - a subject matter that long deserved addressing in the film industry - the acting in some parts of film was quite stale. The performances of Marc Dacascos, Tamlyn Tomita, and Jason Scott Lee were all great. However, the director should have NEVER put himself as the main character in the movie. Sorry Lane, you are just not a film actor. Stick to what you're good at - theater acting. Gina Hiraizumi's performance in this film was also horrible. She should never have been given a speaking role and her looks were unfit to play the part of a Miss Nisei queen. There were other young actresses in the film who were naturally beautiful and whose performances were wonderful... Why weren't they cast for that role? Another major problem with this film were its action sequences. The Japanese-American soldiers don't look like they were fighting German soldiers... let alone anyone. Granted this was a low budget feature, but since this was a war-based film, isn't it important to show some actually fighting? This film was a worthy attempt, but definitely not worth a major distribution.