Hart's War
Beyond Courage, Beyond Honor.
Bruce Willis stars as an imprisoned officer who refuses to give up his fight to defeat the Nazis in this "absorbing" (Roger Ebert) WWII adventure. Co-starring Colin Farrell (Minority Report) and packed with "crisp action sequences" (Los Angeles Times), Hart's War is a powerful and "stirring tribute to soldierly courage and honor" (L.A. Daily News).
When Col. McNamara (Willis) is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting - even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant (Farrell) in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men... and change the outcome of the war.
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Wrong Movie Trailer - QualityIsNumber1
The trailer on this page is not for the "Hart's War" movie but for a horror film called "The Skeleton Key".
The trailer on this page is not for the "Hart's War" movie but for a horror film called "The Skeleton Key".
The trailer on this page is not for the "Hart's War" movie but for a horror film called "The Skeleton Key".Not an action flick, yet quite entertaining!!! - HotTubber
Everybody loves a good war movie don’t they? Over the years we’ve seen some real classics, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now and Platoon immediately spring to mind. We’ve also seen war films triumph in visual effects; movies like Saving Private Ryan that reflect the true brutality of war in convincing detail. So, the question has to be asked….where can this genre go, hasn’t it all been said and done a million times already? That very thought was going through my mind as I sat down to watch Hart’s War…
Colin Farrell plays Lt. Thomas W. Hart, the son of a United States senator. Because of his family connections he’s allocated a rather cushy desk job at Army Field Headquarters, but that soon changes when he volunteers to drive a ranking officer back to his unit near the front lines where he is captured.
On arrival the soldiers are introduced to the German officer in charge of the camp - Col. Werner Visser played wonderfully by Marcel Iures (The Peacemaker). He oversees the camp with a menacing brutality, yet he’s not the 2 dimensional killing machine that you might expect from a Bruce Willis movie.
Performances are strong throughout. I haven’t mentioned Bruce Willis in any great detail yet, and for that I’m not really doing him the justice he deserves. His performance is surprisingly subtle here, and hopefully it will open up a lot more straight roles for him in the future. Sure, he’s great as everyones favourite John McCLane but it’s nice to see him proving that he’s got the talent to handle more. Colin Farrell is also proving that he can mix it with the best of them.
Overall then Hart's War is an entertaining movie that takes a different enough approach to provide an enjoyable couple of hours.
If you're expecting an action movie, this probably won't be your cup of tea, but if you go in with an open mind then you just might like it!Wow! what a war! - imagination201
At first, I thought that the war was against the racism that was exploited in the middle of the movie, but by the end of the movie, it truly is a war of a whole other dimension; that of never being defeated and fighting even when in the clutches of the enemy.
Willis is excellent at hiding the main plot line, and Farrell plays well the lieutenant who doesn't know the truth behind the smokescreen.
A great WWII movie without blood!
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Wrong Movie Trailer - QualityIsNumber1
The trailer on this page is not for the "Hart's War" movie but for a horror film called "The Skeleton Key".
The trailer on this page is not for the "Hart's War" movie but for a horror film called "The Skeleton Key".
The trailer on this page ...Not an action flick, yet quite entertaining!!! - HotTubber
Everybody loves a good war movie don’t they? Over the years we’ve seen some real classics, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now and Platoon immediately spring to mind. We’ve also seen war films triumph in visual effects; movies like Saving Private Ryan that ...Wow! what a war! - imagination201
At first, I thought that the war was against the racism that was exploited in the middle of the movie, but by the end of the movie, it truly is a war of a whole other dimension; that of never being defeated and fighting even when in the clutches of the enemy. ...