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• Documentary
• Drama

• 2014
• Angelina Jolie
• 131 mins
• 15

Summary

Drama based on a true story, starring Jack O'Connell. Olympic runner Louis Zamperini has more than a few hurdles to jump after being captured by the Japanese during the Second World War and is singled out for special punishment by the sadistic camp commander.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Stella Papamichael

Angelina Jolie takes a conventional but confident approach to directing this film about the amazing life of Louis Zamperini. Jack O'Connell (Starred Up, '71) gives a lion-hearted performance as the self-proclaimed regular guy who competed in the Berlin Olympics in 1936, only for his life to take some terrible turns thereafter. While serving in the US Air Force in the Second World War, he crashes in the Pacific Ocean and is cast adrift. He is saved, only to be thrown into a PoW camp where Japanese commander "The Bird" (Takamara Ishihara) singles him out for special punishment. But Zamperini's heroic run in Berlin provides him with the inspiration to keep going. If Jolie denies us a more complex portrayal of her subject, the scenes of hardship he endures are viscerally enacted, and are well balanced by the man's bright, unrelenting optimism.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameLouis ZamperiniJack O'Connell (2)Russell Allen "Phil" PhillipsDomhnall GleesonJohn FitzgeraldGarrett HedlundMutsushiro WatanabeTakamasa IshiharaPete ZamperiniAlex RussellFrancis "Mac" McNamaraFinn WittrockMillerLuke TreadawayHugh "Cup" CuppernellJai CourtneyFrank A TinkerJohn MagaroLouise ZamperiniMaddalena Ischiale

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rolenameDirectorAngelina Jolie

Details

Theatrical distributor

Universal

Released on

2014-12-26

Languages

English | Ukrainian | Japanese | Italian

Guidance

Violence.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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