The only movie I'm going to go see between now and Christmas will be The Great Raid. Based on a true story from WW2, it is set in the Philippines toward the end of the war. A company of Rangers is sent far behind enemy lines to liberate a POW camp from under the noses of several thousand Japanese soldiers. Until Jessica Lynch was rescued two years ago, this was the last successful rescue of American POW's from behind enemy lines. The previews look excellent and the reviews are highly favorable, I just hope the movie lives up to expectations.
"The only movie I'm going to go see between now and Christmas will be 'The Great Raid.'"
Same here, although after Miramax released that America-bashing and military-bashing "Buffalo Soldiers" a couple of years ago I swore I would never see another Miramax release. BTW, in case you didn't know, the movie "Buffalo Soldiers" was NOT about the brave African-American cavalry troopers, but a hijacking of their name. That movie portrayed American soldiers stationed in Germany during the Cold War as criminals and worse. I didn't spend my hard-earned money to see that garbage, but I knew exactly what it was about from a trailer I saw on the Sundance Channel. "Buffalo Soldiers" died a well-deserved death at the box office.
I have a feeling that Miramax is choosing to release "The Great Raid" at this time as a way of getting red-staters back in the cineplexes. They desperately need to salvage what has been a disastrous summer season for Hollyweird. Just my humble opinion. After all, what do I know? Hollyweird considers me a knuckle-dragging gun-carrying redneck.