Review of Dunkirk (2017) by Aj C — 24 Jul 2017
More than a film, Dunkirk is a powerfully intense experience Writer/Director Chris Nolan builds to pulse-pounding-sweaty-palm collage of an army being annihilated. From first frame to last, Nolan puts us in the shoes of one trapped soldier, one pilot and one naval officer among the hundreds of thousands hugging the ground, praying for escape from the barrage of the Luftwaffe bombs and bullets screaming down and tearing them to pieces.
Thousands of men stand next to the dead and soon to be dead on blood stained beaches - helpless, waiting, waiting, waiting. As they are strafed and machine gunned, enough fear comes off the screen to fill a theatre.
All the while, an armada of tiny private boats move across the Channel to the repetitive track of a single pounding boat engine. There is little dialogue in war and this film. There's only the stain of national defeat on the horizon which the courage of old men and children managed to turn into an emblem of national pride.
This review of Dunkirk (2017) was written by Aj C on 24 Jul 2017.
Dunkirk has generally received very positive reviews.
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