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The Great Raid
Directed by
John Dahl
R
2005
2h 12m
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6.6
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70%
6.5
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Taking place towards the end of WWII, 500 American Soldiers have been entrapped in a camp for 3 years. Beginning to give up hope they will ever be rescued, a group of Rangers goes on a dangerous mission to try and save them.
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Cast of The Great Raid
Benjamin Bratt
Lt. Colonel Mucci
James Franco
Captain Prince
Connie Nielsen
Margaret Utinsky
Logan Marshall-Green
Lt. Paul Colvin
Joseph Fiennes
Major Gibson
Marton Csokas
Captain Redding
Robert Mammone
Captain Fisher
Max Martini
1st Sgt. Sid "Top" Wojo
Mark Consuelos
Cpl. Guttierez
Cesar Montano
Guerilla Leader Juan Pajota
James Carpinello
Cpl. Aliteri
Clayne Crawford
PFC Aldridge
Motoki Kobayashi
Major Nagai
Gotaro Tsunashima
Yamada
Craig McLachlan
2nd Lt. Riley
Sam Worthington
PFC Lucas
Kenny Doughty
Pitt
Natalie Mendoza
Mina
Paolo Montalbán
Sgt. Valera
Masa Yamaguchi
Lt. Hikobe
The Great Raid Ratings & Reviews
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
The raid on Cabanatuan is extraordinary. Exciting, tense, full of crackling suspense and filmed with old-fashioned daring, the movie comes alive with crackling electricity it does not know until this very point.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
There are the makings of a fine, moving, epic war film here, but thanks to the inclusion of enough chatty exposition to sink the Bismarck, again, and some just plain silly casting choices, The Great Raid is anything but.
Zap2it.com
Daniel Fienberg
[S]ometimes the most worthy of stories, the most relevant of history lessons, the most rousing of plots can still become the dullest of movies.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
While one might have wished for a better movie, and a few smarter decisions regarding the screenplay, generally it's a riveting, even inspirational account of an American feat of arms about which few know but about which many more should.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Dahl's approach may be somewhat pedestrian, but he tells his story clearly and with few unnecessary detours.
San Francisco Chronicle
Joel Selvin
The story line is telegraphed from word one and the meticulous unfolding plot plods ahead inexorably without the slightest bit of suspense.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
This smart, unhurried drama plays out like a retro version of Saving Private Ryan.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
I hereby award the World War II drama The Great Raid a Cement Star for faithful and distinguished service to the cause of mediocrity.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Not a great movie, but it certainly does justice to the great historical event it dramatizes.
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
Obsessed with authenticity, the movie simply isn't 'Hollywood' enough. What could have been a valuable history lesson for everyone is just more fodder for military buffs.
Detroit News
Tom Long
It never gives its characters enough character to build the sentiment required.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
For Dahl, war isn't poetry or surreal irony or metaphoric hell. It's a job that has to be done, and in cases like this one, it has the side product of being heroic.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Amounts to a noble failure.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Acting like a big-screen epic but coming across more like a cable TV extravaganza.
USA Today
Mike Clark
Just about any golden age Hollywood hack could have made a zestier drama about one of the greatest rescue missions in U.S. military history.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
Divided three ways among the rangers, the prisoners and the resistance fighters in Manila, the movie feels unfocused, schematic and overpopulated.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
Although the story of The Great Raid may have never been told on film, it's like every other POW movie, in this case made about 45 years too late.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
A tedious World War II epic that slogs across the screen like a forced march in quicksand.
Christian Science Monitor
John Anderson
There's genuine tension in the film.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Esposito
The action is brilliant, the combat sharp and rattling, and the film follows the historical record more closely than most Hollywood films.
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