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Unbroken
Overview
Angelina Jolie directs this true-life tale of Louis Zamperini, the Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in World War II, only to fight for his life against nature and eventually as a prisoner of war. Joel and Ethan Coen provide the script. Louis (Jack O'Connell) grows up a rough-hewn kid on the verge of becoming a full-on delinquent, until his brother starts training him to be a track star. Louis excels at the sport, and eventually represents America at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. During his training, he learns to become resilient and disciplined; his brother's words of advice, "If you can take it, you can make it," push him to overcome any adversity. He must live up to that adage under the most extreme circumstances after his plane is shot down during another bombing raid. He is stranded at sea for more than a month, only to be found by the Japanese and forced to endure constant physical abuse at the hands of sadistic prison-camp guard Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Japanese pop star Miyavi), who wants to break Louis' indomitable spirit.
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Main Cast & Crew:
Angelina Jolie - Director
Jack O'Connell
Domhnall Gleeson
Garrett Hedlund
Miyavi
Finn Wittrock
Jai Courtney
Maddalena Ischiale
John Magaro
Luke Treadaway
Vincenzo Amato
Details
- Format: DVD (Slipsleeve/Digsleeve Packaging, Snap Case)
- UPC: 025192223280
- Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE
- Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
- Release Date: March 2015
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
4 stars out of 5 -- "Jack O’Connell’s, wiry, indefatigable Zamperini holds your attention without effort." - 12/01/2014 Total Film
"Impeccable craftsmanship and sober restraint have been brought to bear on UNBROKEN..." - 12/01/2014 Variety
"O'Connell is a pleasure to watch at all times here. He has energy, seems watchful and resourceful by instinct, is open to others and, crucially, seems like a man who, even when he doesn't necessarily win, will nonetheless prevail." - 12/01/2014 Hollywood Reporter
"UNBROKEN is the saga of Zamperini's remarkable courage in the face of staggering adversity. It's an inherently uplifting story..." - 12/24/2014 USA Today
"Early on, Jolie gives us two thrilling and harrowing sequences in which Louis and his buddies engage with Japanese fighter pilots." - 01/01/2015 Chicago Sun-Times
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "This passion project for Angelina Jolie shines in every frame with her abiding love for Louis Zamperini and his courage under fire." - 12/23/2014 Rolling Stone
"It’s well-cast, it looks great, it has that intense centerpiece in the raft, and it certainly conveys a true story worth telling." - 12/24/2014 RogerEbert.com
"Ms. Jolie does fine work throughout....Like a lot of actors turned directors, she’s good with the performers..." - 12/24/2014 New York Times
"It's gorgeously shot and beautifully acted, and it has moments of heartbreaking poignancy..." - 12/25/2014 Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- "Lavish and sporadically powerful, Jolie's POW biopic may have just enough gravity to entice the Academy..." - 12/26/2014 Empire
"[I]mpeccably acted, handsomely filmed and written, with a lean muscularity..." - 12/22/2014 Washington Post
"Jack O'Connell plays Zamperini like Peter Parker: focused and stubborn, sometimes even difficult, but engaging without making too much of a fuss about it." - 02/01/2015 Sight and Sound
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