By Luke Berg

The Hurt Locker shows us what it is like to be up close and personal with danger, with an unseen enemy who speaks a foreign tongue. It shows us what it is like to be afraid of dying every day or what it is like to eradicate all fear from your body and face that enemy with the utmost confidence. The Hurt Locker is the story of a group of three Army bomb squad soldiers, young men, who have seen the worst in the Iraq War, yet try to face each day with a strong mind. However, with each day comes new challenges.

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Bottom Line: A surprisingly tame war movie from the king of pulp fiction Quentin Tarantino.

CANNES – History will not repeat itself for Quentin Tarantino.

While his “Pulp Fiction” arrived late at the Festival de Cannes and swept away the Palme d’Or in 1994, his World War II action movie “Inglourious Basterds” merely continues the string of disappointments in this year’s Competition.

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War movie is my favorite genre. I love to watch a massive battle scene or humanity story behind the bloody war, I’ve made my own list of my top ten favorite movie of all time. Of course, there are many war movies that I haven’t watch yet. For example is Apocalypse Now.

OK lets bring out the top ten:

10. We Were Soldiers
There are already 2 Vietnam War movie on my list, but it seems that I haven’t got enough of ‘em. We were soldier set in a battle of la drang. This is the first major engagement of United States military forces in the Vietnam War. The battle scene is impressive with so many gore scenes on it. There is also a humanity side on the film, where Mel pick up the diary of a dead Vietcong. He read it, and realize that they were also a human.. with family and beloved one.

9. Three Kings
Have you ever imagine George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube play together on a war movies?
In this movie, the three of them play as U.S army on the first gulf war. This is a comedy-drama war film. The main story is Clooney, wahlberg and cube attempt to steal Kuwait gold in a Iraqi bunker. Although there’s no major battle scene, but the weird plot, dark comedy and moral story made this film great.

8. Enemy at the Gate
Enemy at the gate portrays the life of a Russian sniper named Vasily Zaytsev. If you like sniper movie, then you should watch this one. The film set in Stalingrad, where there’s bloody battle between German and Russian. On the movie, sniper proved to be effective in deducting moral of the enemy. The sniper battle on this movie is one of a kind. I’ve never seen any sniper movie as great as this one. Great movie.

7. Hamburger Hill
Filmed in the time where there’s two great Vietnam movies (Platoon and Full Metal Jacket) made this film one of the most underrated movie of all time. I can say that many people here at ciao haven’t watch this movie yet. I guess this movie can stand high between platoon and FMJ. All of the movie aspect is great, from the bloody battle scene at hamburger hill, to the character development. This is definitely an A-Class war movie, too bad not too many people watched this. If you’re on a DVD rental, go rent it, I guarantee you’ll love this movie.

6. The Beast
This is probably the most underrated war movies out there, I have made this movie review on my review list. Read it if you want to know more about this movies.

5. Letters from Iwo Jima
This movie takes us to see the World War II in the Japanese point of view. So the language used in the film is Japanese.
Take place on small pacific island called Iwo Jima, the Japanese defend the island on the war they know they won’t win. There are many spectacular battle scenes on this movie, but the most important thing about this movie is the Japanese point of view. They are also a human being, not a monster as posed by many Hollywood WW II movies. I really recommend this movie, 5 star!

4. Platoon
In my opinion, this is Oliver stone best movie. It’s a masterpiece! It probably the most unforgettable war portrayal ever produced. The battle sequence is amazing and the act was top notch. Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger performance are outstanding. It will satisfy the entire war movie maniac out there! Needless to say, its one of the best Vietnam war movie.

3. Full Metal Jacket
There are many war movies about Vietnam, some are junk and some are great. And the greatest of all was Full Metal Jacket. It takes us from marine training camp to the brutal war at Vietnam. This is an intense, realistic and superbly made Vietnam War drama. Watching this movie will gives you an idea that human are cruel on a war. Whether they are on your side or enemy’s side.

2. Black Hawk Down
Okay, here’s the runner up. The main reason why I choose this movie is because of its jaw dropping battle scene, it’s so intense that it will glued you to the seat until the end of the movie. Not much bullshit on this movie, that’s why I loved it. Almost 80% of the movie consists of brutal war scene, some considered very graphic.
The films tells the story of US army ranger troop mission to Mogadishu, Somalia in a mission to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The mission supposed not more than one hour, but after the Somali shot down one black hawk down helicopter, it turn the 1 hour mission into a bloody one day battle, where they trapped on an intense urban warfare with Somali militia.

1. Saving Private Ryan
I think most of you will agree if I put this movie on top of the list. For me, this is also one of the best movies of all time. The action is brilliant, the story’s superb and the act was impressive! Who wouldn’t be amazed at Omaha beach war scene?
From that moment on, I believe there will be no other war movie like this for a long time, and that’s the fact. In my opinion, no single movie can beat the quality Saving Private Ryan. There are many great war movie, but not as brilliant as this. Even I read at some website that many World War II D-Day veterans find the movie to be very accurate and realistic. I watched it over and over again and still find it’s worth watching until now.

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Valkyrie Movie Review – Plot

During World War II, Wehrmacht Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) is severely wounded in Tunisia, and is evacuated home to Nazi Germany. Meanwhile, Major General Henning von Tresckow (Branagh) attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler by smuggling a bomb aboard the Führer's private airplane. The bomb, however, fails to detonate and Tresckow safely retrieves it to conceal his intentions. After learning that the Gestapo has arrested Major Hans Oster, he orders General Olbricht (Nighy) to find a replacement. After recruiting von Stauffenberg into the German Resistance, Olbricht delivers von Stauffenberg to a meeting of the secret committee which has coordinated previous attempts on Hitler's life. The members include General Ludwig Beck (Stamp), Dr. Carl Goerdeler (McNally), and Erwin von Witzleben (Schofield). The Colonel is stunned to learn that no plans exist for after Hitler's assassination.

After a bombing raid on Berlin, he lights upon using the plan Operation Valkyrie, which involves the deployment of the Reserve Army to maintain order in the event of a national emergency. The plotters carefully redraft the plan so that they can dismantle the Nazi regime after assassinating Hitler. Realizing that only General Fromm (Wilkinson), the head of the Reserve Army, can initiateValkyrie, they offer him a position as head of the Wehrmacht in a Post-Nazi Germany and recruit him into the fold. With the rewritten plan needing to be signed off by Hitler (Bamber), von Stauffenberg visits the Führer at his Berghof estate in Bavaria. In the presence of his inner circle, Hitler praises von Stauffenberg's heroism in North Africa and signs off on the plan without fully examining the modifications.

At Goerdeler's insistence, von Stauffenberg is ordered to assassinate both Hitler and SS head Himmler at the bunker Wolf's Lair. At a final briefing, Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim (Berkel) instructs the committee members in how to use pencil detonators. von Stauffenberg also reaches out to General Fellgiebel (Izzard), who controls all communications at Wolf's Lair, to cut off communications after the bomb blast. On July 15, 1944, von Stauffenberg attends a strategy meeting at Wolf's Lair with the bomb in his briefcase, but with Himmler not present at the meeting, von Stauffenberg does not get the go-ahead from the committee leaders until the meeting is over. Meanwhile, the Reserve Army is mobilized by Olbricht, unbeknownst to Fromm, to stand by. With no action taken, von Stauffenberg safely extracts himself and the bomb from the bunker, and the Reserve Army is ordered to stand down, believing that the mobilization was training. Enraged, von Stauffenberg goes to the committee to protest the indecisiveness and blames the bungling of Goerdeler, who has been selected to be chancellor after the coup. When Goerdeler demands that von Stauffenberg be relieved, Beck informs him that the SS is searching for him and implores him to leave the country immediately.

On July 20, 1944, von Stauffenberg and his adjutant Lieutenant Haeften (Parker) return to the Wolf's Lair. To von Stauffenberg's dismay, he discovers that the conference is being held in an open-window summer barrack, whereas the plotters had intended to detonate the bomb within the walls of the bunker for maximum damage. While his adjuntant waits with a getaway car, von Stauffenberg leaves the briefcase at the meeting. With the bomb armed, von Stauffenberg leaves the barrack for the getaway car. When the bomb explodes, von Stauffenberg is certain that Hitler is dead and flees the Wolf's Lair. Before shutting down communications, Fellgiebel calls Mertz about the explosion but cannot clearly convey whether or not the Führer is dead.

As von Stauffenberg flies back to Berlin, Olbricht refuses to mobilize the Reserve Army until he knows without a doubt that Hitler is dead. Behind Olbricht's back, Mertz forges his signature and issues the orders anyway. With Operation Valkyrie underway, von Stauffenberg and his fellow plotters order the arrest of Nazi party leaders and SS officers and begin to take control of Berlin's government quarter, which will allow them to command the entire Reich. Rumors reach Berlin that Hitler survived the blast, but von Stauffenberg dismisses them as SS propaganda. Meanwhile, Fromm learns from Field Marshal Keitel that Hitler is still alive. The General refuses to join the plotters, resulting in his arrest. When Hitler reaches the Reserve Army by telephone, the SS officers are released and the plotters in turn are besieged inside the Bendlerblock. The headquarters staff flees, but the ringleaders are arrested. Most are eventually tried and executed, while some commit suicide. Von Stauffenberg is executed by a firing squad.

Valkyrie Movie Review – Directed by:
Bryan Singer

Valkyrie Movie Review – Produced by

• Christopher McQuarrie
• Bryan Singer
• Gilbert Adler
• Chris Lee
• Written by Christopher McQuarrie
• Nathan Alexander
• Starring Tom Cruisev
• Bill Nighy
• Eddie Izzard
• Terence Stamp
• Tom Wilkinson
• Carice van Houten
• Kenneth Branagh

Valkyrie Movie Review – Music by

• John Ottman
• Cinematography Newton Thomas Sigel

Valkyrie Movie Review – Editing by: John Ottman

Valkyrie Movie Review – Distributed by:

• USA/Canada: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists
• Worldwide: 20th Century Fox

Valkyrie Movie Review – Release date:

• December 25, 2008 (US)
• January 22, 2009 (GER)
• January 23, 2009 (UK)

Valkyrie Movie Review – Running time: 120 min.

Valkyrie Movie Review – Country: United States

Valkyrie Movie Review – Language: English

Valkyrie Movie Review – Budget: $75 million (official) to $90 million (reported)

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