Review of The Man with the Iron Heart (2017) by Ola G — 08 Dec 2018

1942: The Third Reich is at its peak. The Czech resistance in London decides to plan the most ambitious military operation of WWII: Anthropoid. Two young recruits in their late twenties, Jozef Gabcik (Jack Reynor) and Jan Kubis (Jack O'Connell), are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader - Reich-protector Reinhard Heydrich (Jason Clarke), Head of the SS, the Gestapo, and the architect of the "Final Solution".

The film is based on Laurent Binet's novel HHhH about Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. The title is an acronym for Himmlers Hirn heiÃt Heydrich ("Himmler's brain is called Heydrich"), a quip about Heydrich said to have circulated in Nazi Germany.

"The Man With The Iron Heart" is an ambitious WWII movie based on real events and people that unfortunately suffers from pace problems, editing problems, wobbly acting at times and a way too long running time that adds not that much. The film is done in a very scattered and a bit unstructured way, almost creating a feeling of two movies having been merged into one. The storyline feels rushed as well, and there´s not enough character development of Reinhard Heydrich if you ask me. I think that vital part gets a tad bit lost in the end, because you simply want to understand more of what made him the way he was. Jason Clarke is good, but the rest so so in my opinion.