Review of Dunkirk (2017) by Steve P — 12 Oct 2017
Heartbreaking, sad yet uplifting story which leads up to Winston Churchill?s famous we will fight them on the beaches speech. The WWII drama picks up with Great Britain being forced into the sea by the Nazis.
With 400,000 combined forces of Britain, France and the Netherlands pushed to the beaches of Dunkirk, suffering strafing and bombing by the German Luftwaffe. Relentless artillery shelling and the advancing German ground assault.
Kenneth Branagh as the British Beach Commander is faced with the seemingly impossible task of evacuating 400,000 troops with ships which can only carry 30,000. The story of the assembling of the greatest rag tag armada in history is the heart and soul of this epic war drama.
It?s told through the eyes of civilian sailors, selfless and brave soldiers, and understaffed and overmatched aviators, who somehow rise to the challenge, allowing the Allies to live on and fight another day to ultimately crush the 1,000 year Reich.
This review of Dunkirk (2017) was written by Steve P on 12 Oct 2017.
Dunkirk has generally received very positive reviews.
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