Trailer Tuesday: The Great Raid
Watching the trailer makes me miss all of the "good" war movies of the past, from Stalag 17 to The Bridge on the River Kwai to Apocolypse Now to Glory to Saving Private Ryan.
Judging by the trailer, this movie may fall into the same ranks, pun intended.
The Great Raid follows the story of the 6th Ranger Battalion during World War II. The Rangers take on a mission to free 500 POWs from a Japanese camp in the Philippines. The movie apparently tracks the stories of the Rangers as well as the POWs in the camp, who have been there for three years by the time the Rangers get this mission.
I suggest that this movie may turn out as good as the other classics I mentioned because, rather than an all out bloodbath war movie, the movie also focuses on dramatic storylines as well. I'd rather not recount the details and get it wrong, though. Watch the trailer, and you'll see.
According to IMDB, this movie was one of the near-casualties of the Disney-Miramax split, as it was originally slated for a 2003 release.
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