Pluskylang Great Film overall

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

danishdonjuan This is a truly great movie, which I am surprised has not gotten more attention.The story is great, and there is a lot to learn from it. The acting is superb! The cinematography, music score, editing and dialogue is wonderful.I found myself deeply involved emotionally with the movie, didn't want it to stop, and after spend time to reflect on it.Its a movie which gives a very realistic Picture of war and the consequence of choices. The characters are intriguing and some heroically moral.It was often an intense viewing, with never a dull moment, and does not try to be biased or nationalistic. I loved this movie and would highly recommend it to others, especially if you like movies like "the flowers of war, Saving Private Ryan, Schindlers list, The Thin Red line, K-19, Fury" and other of the greatest war dramas in Cinema.It's not a easy movie to Watch, and not for the faint of Heart but well worth a Watch!

Tcarts76 This movie totally slid by me when it came out and I am usually pretty good at spotting good war movies. It was a really well crafted movie that kind of felt like a realistic version of the factually flawed movie "The Bridge over the River Kwai. No catchy whistle tunes, just the cold harshness of the non Geneva convention signing Japanese Imperial Army.The story follows a group of British soldiers as they surrendered to the Japanese and came to suffer the war as slaves in a POw camp. It illustrates the cold, in human treatment they suffered and how they survived in the face of such adversity and evil. It is a great tale, as gut-wrenching as it is, of both the evil humans do to each other and the strength that we can have to survive.The movie was filmed pretty well, and the actors, especially Robert Carlyle gave strong performances. As good as it was I still do think there was room for improvement, and it was still a somewhat sanitized version of what life in these camps were really like. Perhaps that was to get through the censors or the just didn't want to create a controversy or face a backlash for being to grotesque, such as the controversy "Saving Private Ryan," received for being to realistic in regards to it's D-Day scenes.I do think it is a movie worth watching for the history alone.Like my reviews, hate em? Comments, hate mail, or have a DVD you would like reviewed? send me an e-mail at : subliminal.lithium@gmail.com

John von K All through this film you are aware of the writer sitting at his Keyboard trying to be profound and deep. The result is a self important wafer of a film. There is no sense of the real suffering these men went through all the actors have healthy white teeth and apart from a few token skinny actors they all look well fed and cared for. The hell of the camp and building the railroad is simply a background for pretentious waffle. There is absolutely no cinematic flair. The narration is cringe-worthy and naive. Try Byan Forbes' harrowing and realistic "King Rat" instead.

Vassag0 A powerful film about pow's in Burma/Thailand, who built The railroad of death during the 2nd World War.It shows many things about us humans, but most importantly it portraits hope, forgiveness, the bible and leaves a big question about what justice is. Very good movie indeed, acting and directing are superbly done and why i didn't see this film before now, blows my mind. This film can teach us a thing or two about being human.I highly recommend this beautiful film, but beware it's not for the faint hearted.Actually it touched me deep inside and made me think, what is life and why can't we live in peace without these agonizing wars!