Devotion (2022)

Devotion (2022). Devotion: Directed by J.D. Dillard. With Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski. A pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

“When I first saw the teaser trailer for this film I was extremely excited the history and war film buff in me jumped with joy, u0026quot;finally a Korean war filmu0026quot; alas it is no 1917 or Dunkirk.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile this film offers some great visuals and solid performances from the entire cast it unfortunately never gripped me in any real emotional way. The two actors Johnathan Majors as Jesse Brown and Glen Powel as Tom Hudner both have great chemistry and their relationship is played out well but even with the amount of time they gave to both these characters I just couldnu0026#39;t seem to get attached.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is also less a film about the Korean war and more about the relationship between these two pilots who fought in the war. Yet whatever the true history is between the two pilots and however many missions they flew together the film never felt to connect them as true brothers of war as I feel they were intended to be. This film contains all of two battle scenes, in a war film? That seems low.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter all this time being excited for this film I cannot help but feel a little disappointed. They had a great opportunity here to depict the Korean war as well as the story between these two pilots but perhaps with better direction, better pacing, and better storytelling this couldu0026#39;ve been a stronger film. I also feel my fellow audience members were a bit disappointed as well, some checked their phones multiple times and Iu0026#39;m pretty sure I saw someone leave early.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOh well, itu0026#39;s not terrible but itu0026#39;s far from great. I wonder what Korean war vets, if they go out and see this film would think.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIMDb: 6/10nLetterboxd: 3/5u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWatched in Theaters.”