Review of Midway (2019) by Jim Slotek for Original-Cin — 07 Nov 2019
On the sliding scale of war movies, Emmerich’s Midway is obviously no prestige film like The Hurt Locker or Saving Private Ryan. It belongs more to the school of the original Midway, with Tora! Tora! Tora! as its exemplar.
Tell the story of a battle, offer up some sketched-out characters, played with aplomb, add a dash of soap opera and fire when ready. On that scale, for what it’s worth, Midway is a much more solid piece of entertainment than the Pearl Harbor directed by Emmerich’s fellow master-of-disaster Michael Bay.
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This review of Midway (2019) was written by Jim Slotek and published by Original-Cin on 07 Nov 2019.
Midway has generally received positive reviews.
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