Review of Hell in the Pacific (1968) by Andy A — 08 May 2009
A sort of weird but a really good and enjoyable war film, which has an interesting moral story, which is put your differences aside and work together.
The cast is one of the smallest ever if not the smallest. This is also a character study of two completely different cultures and two types of character. Lee Marvin acts like a big kid throughout most of the film and is quite comical. Toshiro Mifune is an engineering genius and takes everything seriously. Interestingly for an American produced film it shows the Japanese character being more intelligent (to a certain degree) than the American.
Both actors act superbly even though all of what Mifune says is in Japanese, but you get the gist of it. Lee Marvin has some fantastic lines throughout the film, which are quite humorous.
The scenes leading up to the end of the film show that these two men despite all they have been through are still enemies. The actual ending to the film is well thought out and completely unexpected, even if it is a bit of an anti-climax.
Overall an interesting war film which has a really good story and excellent characters in it.
This review of Hell in the Pacific (1968) was written by Andy A on 08 May 2009.
Hell in the Pacific has generally received very positive reviews.
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