The Great Raid Review (DVD)

This is a World War II story that may not be well known, but it was definitely worth making the movie. The Great Raid starts kind of slow with a lot of backstory and explanation of the prisoners, the underground, the captors and the soldiers of the great raid. This does payoff later in a very good ending for this movie. Something about the movie seemed very realistic in terms of the events and the characters. There were a couple of Hollywood moments that made me question if that is what really happened, but for the most-part the movie seemed believable. Benjamin Bratt was very good and young James Franco (aka Green Goblin II) was also better than I expected. Besides some slow moments in the middle of the movie, there isn't too much that I didn't enjoy. Sure, you could just read a history book about the Great Raid, but the action scenes made the movie worth it.

The Great Raid = Great Rental