Title: ValkyrieRelease Date (US): December 25th, 2008
Release Date (UK): January 23rd, 2009
Release Date (GER): January 22nd, 2009
Genre: War, Thriller, Suspense
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer(s): Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander
Plot: Valkyrie is a true story about an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg( is a officer in Hitler's Army and feels "Hitler is not only the enemy of the world, but an enemy of Germany"
Cast:
Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg
Kenneth Branagh as Major-General Henning von Tresckow
Bill Nighy as General Friedrich Olbricht
Carice van Houten as Nina von Stauffenberg
Eddie Izzard as General Erich Fellgiebel
David Bamber as Adolf Hitler
Review:
Valkyrie is a fantastic movie based on a factual assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler's life, Valkyrie was written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander and directed by Bryan Singer. Singer did an amazing job with Valkyrie, Exceeding my expectations from his previous works such as The Usual Suspect, X-men, X-2, and Superman Returns. i find his work with Valkyrie set him on a higher bar with me.
Keeping in mind that this was a Hollywood movie I was sceptical of how accurate this movie would really be and how much they would chance for dramatic effect, so after watching this movie i could not believe some of the events that took place were fact and began researching the true history of Operation Valkyrie and was amazed to find how accurate the movie was, although i am not a huge fan of Tom Cruise i feel he did a fantastic job as Stauffenberg and in my research I found that he looked quit similar to the real Colonel Stauffenberg.
This movie kept me at the edge of my seat, the pace of the movie was great, not leaving any long dragged out scenes and still developing the characters enough to make you feel how intense this must have really been, Valkyrie is set in 1944, well into the war and at a time when Hitler held a very tight grip on the German people, and all though the attempt failed this movie shows a view of Germany during WWII that I have never seen before, a view that not all of Germany was behind Hitler and just how far some people were willing to go to bring him down. I have great admiration for the real Colonel and what he tried to do, he was one of many men to attempt to remove Hitler and although they all failed their strength and courage should not be forgotten.
I give this movie an 9/10
