Hart's War Critic Reviews
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Reminds us that the human dynamic can do a lot that explosions can't, even when the film flirts with formula.Read the full review
The movie worked for me right up to the final scene, and then it caved in.Read the full review
Works uncommonly well because of the effective manner in which it blends together its various elements: the WW2 prison camp setting, the courtroom aspects, and the issues of honor, racism, and redemption.Read the full review
It may seem harmless, to some, that our movies have never entirely abandoned the land of Poitier-ville, but as Hart's War demonstrates, it's an insult that they haven't.Read the full review
In its amalgam of classic Hollywood war movies and courtroom dramas, Hart's War takes the audience to a place that never existed in order to teach it a lesson it already knows.Read the full review
Absorbing in a low-key way but more dramatic where its secondary characters are concerned than its leads, and capped by climactic incidents that are less than entirely convincing.Read the full review
Takes some admirable risks.Read the full review
Follows all these rules, which is why you'll get the enjoyable basic minimum. But not a whit more.Read the full review
It more or less self-destructs in a ridiculous last few minutes when it becomes a noble sacrifice-o-rama.Read the full review
Less fascinating and finally unsatisfying is the awfully familiar racism angle, a subplot that, though unusual in a POW movie, turns regrettably earnest and preachy almost immediately.Read the full review
