Review of Hart's War (2002) by Greg O — 24 Mar 2008
The only thing more formulaic than a boot-and-saddle Western is a generic WWII movie. You don't need battles, significant characters and the word "honor" held on repeat for 120 minutes. There is still the period, though.
It's the period that "Hart's War" gets alright, but the rest is blah. Forget the "based on a true story." They ALL are. They ALL are pretty good ones. Remove the horror element in each one, usually spoken in the language of the Holocaust, and sometimes one or two start out and end in the middle of nowhere.
I forgot to care, personally. Bruce Willis is an action standard, but next to Colin Ferrell in this film he's annoying and his character is made of cardboard. He seeks redemption and glory but won't get either.
Ferrell is good boy awkwardly placed in the 1944 POW camp and by the looks of it, he doesn't give two shits about this movie. I don't either, but for production values I'll give it an "okay, you can sit at this genre table.
" There isn't a special thing about "Hart's War" except the war, which you all have seen before.
This review of Hart's War (2002) was written by Greg O on 24 Mar 2008.
Hart's War has generally received mixed reviews.
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