DANISH BLOWAWAY

 

Danish contender for the „Oscar” for Best foreign language movie brings us a brutal and relentless story about the German POW that are forced to clean the beaches of Denmark after the World War Two. Most of those prisoners were very young, so the tragedy of this dangerous job thickens as the story unfolds.

As for the cast, there are two opposites, pictured in the boys   commander, Sergeant Rasmussen (Rolland Moller) and his fellow Danish officers. Cast is reflected by the two opposite attitudes towards the kids, so some heavy drama is guaranteed. The pace and the outbursts of explosives and characters will pick up, leading the drenched out viewer towards the end and much needed redemption.

„Land of mine” is not your typical war drama. „Land of mine” is a true European style real life drama.

 

 

LAND OF MINE – 8/10

 

 

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UNINTERESTING

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American war stories are these days literally drowning in the sea of pathetic scripts and badly camouflaged CGI.

”Unbroken” is no exception from that trend. True story about the Olympic athletic champion and his journey through the WWII as an aviator is fascinating, but does not relay that fascination to the silver screen. On the contrary.

Angelina Jolie’s ”Oscar” runner for this year is just plain naïve and corny mashup of unrelated episodes in the Japanese captivity. This goes to the Jack O'Connell's acting and rare action sequences as well.

You should bypass ”Unbroken”, even if you don’t  know any wiser way to spend your Sunday afternoon.

UNBROKEN - 3/10