Review of Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) by Jonathan M — 23 Mar 2016
The companion piece to Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers" tells the story of the taking of Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective, a group of desperate men who knew they had no chance of victory but also had the burden of not being seen to be dishonorable too.
Eastwood's take on their side of the story is a reflective and deeply sympathetic one, and, like most of this director's latter-day films, it unfolds like a good novel. A harrowing one, superbly played, and viscerally exciting, the two films together make the definitive account of the brutal fight for one strategic little island.
This review of Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) was written by Jonathan M on 23 Mar 2016.
Letters from Iwo Jima has generally received very positive reviews.
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