Soon afterwards, World War II stars and Louis finds himself dreaming of an Olympic return from the skies over the Pacific Ocean as he and his fellow soldiers make bombing runs against the Japanese empire. When their plane goes down over open water, Louis and the two surviving soldiers find themselves stranded …show more content…
Unbroken is every bit everyone expected the movie to be but is elevated by offering views several different types of drama in one tightly knit narrative.
For this movie, Jolie has advanced a great deal, making a film that shows she has a long future behind the camera. The undertaking alone is worth commending: a sports drama, a survivalist story, a war drama that crosses over with a prism drama. Jolie not only creates all of these convincingly, she also manages to make a great “mini-movies” out of each of Zamperini’s stories—keeping them distinct from one another while blending them perfectly into one another.
With the visual composition that is used, you can tell Jolie was a student under great directors. There is a grittiness and edge mixed into the lighter aspect of the film, balancing out vividly colored and golden-tinged hues of Zamperini’s early years with the painful and bloody years he spent as a POW. That contrast then carries over to the tonal balance of the film, which starts with inspiration to horror, despair and then inspiration all over …show more content…
This is important because the movie’s climax has a significant impact and moving way that is hard for any film to pull off.
The cast is led by Jack O’Connell (Skins) who puts the whole spectrum of acting onto the screen, including a remarkable physical transformation. It’s a breakout performance that showcase O’Connel as a performer, from his physicality to the subtly of his emotion and the seriousness of his presence in some of the movie’s big dramatic moments.
Takamasa Ishihara similarly impresses in his debut feature film role as Mutsushiro Watanabe or “The Bird.” Much of the film’s third act revolves around Louis’ psychological battle with The Bird. While all together, O’Connell and Ishihara create an electric chemistry as opposing forces in a war of willpower. Ishihara is subtle in his portrayal of The Bird, supplying enough implication to create a three-dimensional villain but in the end, allows sympathy for his