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Plot
The based-on-fact tale of German-American fighter pilot Dieter Dengler (Bale), who was shot down in Laos in the early stages of the Vietnam War, then incarcerated in a POW camp. There, he attempts to rally his listless comrades and stage an escape.
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| Director Werner Herzog has once again made a compelling tale of man v.s nature, and Christian Bale completely immerses himself in the role. ... More | |
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Posted by the film man at 00:27, 07 February 2012 | Report This Post | |
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| Solid Survival Film | |
| Herzog has made a terrific film here in depicting what is truly a terrifying ordeal for a man to face. The danger, the desperation, the struggle and the fear screams out as Bale is convincingly put through torture and torment in the harsh landscape of Vietnam as a POW. ... More | |
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Posted by Shaunyboy27 at 14:06, 23 June 2010 | Report This Post | |
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| Rescue Dawn--good movie | |
| Great work by Bale and Zahn. Well acted but does drag in some parts. Overall, a quality film. Bale and Zahn should have been considered for Oscar nominations. Good cinematography. Most interesting for me was the casting of Toby Huss who plays Cotton on King of the Hill--unusual but it works. ... More | |
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Posted by lynnshep at 03:13, 22 July 2008 | Report This Post | |
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| Rescue Dawn!!! | |
| In my opinion I thought it was a brilliant film! It held my attention throughout it and Bale was SUPERB!!! I loved the storyline and the actors were also great! All in all a very good film!!!! ... More | |
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Posted by Chimene at 17:27, 22 June 2008 | Report This Post | |
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| Very Moving. | |
| Based on a wonderful true story, this film is frightening yet very uplifting in the end. You can feel like you are right there with them, scared that it might be your last day in horrible conditons. But he and the others decide that enough is enough and they break free from the evils of Vitenam. The perfomances were wonderful but it's Christian Bale who really shines, he is a stunning actor and damn good-looking as well. He was horrifingly skinny in the Machinist but this time it's not so bad an... More | |
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Posted by joanna likes films at 17:53, 12 April 2008 | Report This Post | |
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| ] Director/Screenwriter: Herzogring: an Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies psisd on the true story of Dieter Dengler (Bale), a US Fighter pilot shot down and captured in Laos during the Vietnam War. During his capture, he makes a friendship with a small group of POWs, including Duane (Zahn). Dengler decides to make an escape to the jungle. ewer Herzog has been interested in the life of the German-American Dieter Dengler for ten years. He first got involved in Dengler's life when ... More | |
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Posted by R W at 23:43, 22 March 2008 | Report This Post | |
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| I went to see this last night at my arts centre,had been looking forward to it for months. Certainly didn't dissapoint and I have to say the time shot by. For me I got so engrossed and the film hit you into that within the first 20 mins. So many heartstopping moments and I was especially impressed with the cinematography,some beautiful shots paticularly the overbearing rocks and mountains. I agree I thought Jeremy Davies was excellent as the man who had clearly "lost it" and... More | |
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Posted by Magenta at 17:29, 20 January 2008 | Report This Post | |
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| L: Mojo L: Timon Bale and Zahn were fantastic but Davies (Were the hell has he been since Private Ryan) was just a frustrating dithering fool, whose point of view may have been valid....but he still needed a kicking. thought Davies was really good actually, although he did kind of play his usual kinda thing, the way uses his hands when he talks was just like his character in Solaris. I was shocked at how skinny he was as well, that can't have been healthy. ccording to ... More | |
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Posted by Timon at 15:57, 20 December 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| Apparantly Eugene's family aren't happy with how he was portrayed in the film and there are rumours he made it out of the jungle and lived the rest of his life in Thailand...that's not confirmed though. ... More | |
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Posted by Timon at 12:01, 20 December 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| L: Timon Bale and Zahn were fantastic but Davies (Were the hell has he been since Private Ryan) was just a frustrating dithering fool, whose point of view may have been valid....but he still needed a kicking. thought Davies was really good actually, although he did kind of play his usual kinda thing, the way uses his hands when he talks was just like his character in Solaris. I was shocked at how skinny he was as well, that can't have been healthy. ... More | |
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Posted by Mojo at 10:47, 20 December 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| Finally caught this last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. The film did a surprising amount considering its clearly limited budget but instead of doing elaborate sequences such as the crash, Herzog focuses on the smaller aspects of the film to draw in the audience - such as Dieter's story of why he wanted to be a pilot. Bale and Zahn were fantastic but Davies (Were the hell has he been since Private Ryan) was just a frustrating dithering fool, whose point of view may have been valid...... More | |
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Posted by Timon at 09:15, 20 December 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| I didn't really think the role needed Bale to flex his acting muscles much apart from the physical transformation, but that said it was a typically great performance. As for the movie as a whole (while undoubtedly being well made and acted) I don't think it did anything new for POW, war or Vietnam movies. I really liked the score however - the strings really added a great deal to the hallucinatory/ desperate feeling epspecially in the bits after Bale has made his escap... More | |
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Posted by Fluke Skywalker at 00:41, 30 November 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| I really liked this movie a brilliant trio of performances headed by the always exceptional Christian Bale. I was delighted to see Steve Zahn do such a good job with his part not to mention Jeremy Davies who brought a fantastic sub-threat to the escape plans of the gang. There were some genuinely honest scenes in this movie such as the birthday celebration in the camp which really did a great job of capturing men grasping at the real world when they are so far removed from it. It felt like a mo... More | |
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Posted by temetnosce at 20:42, 27 November 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| I saw an early screening and I think it totally relies on its lead and supporting actors. The scenes where Dengler is tortured by the villagers before actually being put into the camp just didn't look convincing, they were shot too loosely and the editing didnt rise to the occassion, only Bale carried the scenes by genuinely looking shit scared. I'll check out the final cut and hopefully it would have been tidied up a bit. ... More | |
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Posted by BigKovacs at 16:13, 27 November 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| A very good film. Enjoyed it thorougly. 4/5 ... More | |
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Posted by m_er at 12:57, 26 November 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| It requires an extra star Empire!!! Great film. ... More | |
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Posted by Deviation at 10:25, 26 November 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| Another film for Bale in which his performance is probably better than the film itself, but that says more about his screen intensity than it does about the quality of the film. I thought it was tense, Zahn was great support. It managed to be ponderous without being boring, and raised a lot of interesting questions, definitely recommended. On a bizarre note though, there were quite a lot of young kids in the cinema where I was, I know it's a 12A but did they really expect to like it? ... More | |
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Posted by mattchoman at 09:42, 26 November 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| The captivating central performance from Christian Bale is phenomenal. He certainly has physical commitment as he takes one hell of a beating. Also Bale’s greater feat is to make Dengler believable . Highly Recommended ... More | |
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Posted by moviemaniac2 at 20:52, 23 November 2007 | Report This Post | |
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| I really enjoyed this, OK so maybe some of the shots did veer too close to Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo territory (not sure how many shots of misty jungle we needed to see) but I thought this was a superior take on the frankly played out Vietnam movie genre. It did seem a bit of a three way battle to see who can outdo each other in the skinny ribbed, bug eating, pants shitting, thousand yard stare method actor stakes amongst Bale, Zahn and Davies at times, but overall I thought they all acquitted... More | |
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