Review of Rescue Dawn (2007) by Michael Phillips for Chicago Tribune — 20 Mar 2014
Rescue Dawn is Herzog's first English-language screenplay, and this is part of its problem: The hushed conversations between prisoners sound only fitfully idiomatic. Also--crucially--Herzog can't find a way to make his own big finish feel authentic, even if things did happen roughly this way.
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This review of Rescue Dawn (2007) was written by Michael Phillips and published by Chicago Tribune on 20 Mar 2014.
Rescue Dawn has generally received positive reviews.
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