Unbroken (2014)

Unbroken: Directed by Angelina Jolie. With Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund, Miyavi. After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

“Most people know Angelina Jolie playing in action movies. However, she takes the directorial path in this drama set in World War II. Jack Ou0026#39;Connell plays an Olympic track runner, who joins the army during WW2 in the pacific theater. When his crew face a tragic plane crash, him and his remaining crew members are stranded on life rafts, only to get picked up by the Japanese and sent to a prison camp. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie was entertaining at times, but I felt it could have been done better. It was very slow at times, to the point where I began to lose interest. However, the plot was so beautifully written that I could not take my eyes off the screen (until the end). On the positive side, the characters were quite amazing too. Jack Ou0026#39;Connell did a great job as the main character. I personally think I could have landed in Oscar. It was very upsetting to watch the character struggle through the Japanese soldiersu0026#39; maltreatment. However, the settings were quite authentic and the way the soldiers smacked and brutally beat down the prisoners gave the film a sense of emotional realism. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMaybe this film would have been better if it was directed by Steven Spielberg or Clint Eastwood. All in all, the film wasnu0026#39;t bad and it is probably watching. However, I would not recommend this to children under 14 because it does pretty intense at times.”