DUNKIRK (2017)
Featuring: Fionn Whitehead; Kenneth Branagh; Mark Rylance
Director: Christopher Nolan
In the beginning of WWII the German forces advanced so swiftly across Europe that it caught the Allies totally off guard. So much so that by mid 1940 some four hundred thousand British troops found themselves trapped on the beaches of the French holiday town of Dunkerque (Dunkirk). On the one hand this movie attempts to show what it must have been like to be pinned down like that. On the other hand it celebrates man's undying resolve to overcome seemingly overwhelming odds.
Tommy (Fionn Whitehead) is a young British soldier that, like the thousands of others around him, desperately tries to survive day by day, moment by moment while German fighter planes mercilessly mow them down like fish in a barrel. Their only defense is a few Spitfires bravely, but hopelessly outnumbered, attempting to keep the enemy's Messerschmidts at bay. Meanwhile across the English Channel a massive rescue operation, involving almost a thousand seagoing vessels of all kinds and descriptions, is underway in order to evacuate the unfortunate men back to England.
Although this is yet another war film of epic proportions, I do not think it will go down in the movie annals as being one of the greats. Make no mistake, technically it is very good but, emotionally it is not very memorable. It was a hoot though seeing an appearance by erstwhile One Direction-er, Harry Styles.
Still I rate it a respectable 3 out of 5 stars.
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