'Valkyrie' Film Review

Cast

Tom Cruise
Kenneth Branagh
Bill Nighy
Eddie Izzard
Terence Stamp
Tom Wilkinson
Carice van Houten

Director

Bryan Singer

Plot

We know it’s going to be a literal case of mission impossible as Tom Cruise re-enacts Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg’s doomed attempt to blow up Hitler & Co in 1944, but it’s a nail biting journey nonetheless as the all-English German Resistance plot a breathtakingly audacious coup against the Nazi party.

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Verdict

A respectful tribute to classic war films of the ‘Patton’, ‘Where Eagles Dare’ and ‘The Great Escape’ era, ‘Valkyrie’ is essentially a traditional boy’s thriller with the added bonus of being based on one of history’s most remarkable military coups.

With taut direction by World War II fanboy Singer, from a screenplay that cleverly juggles a precariously large Who’s Who of Classic English Actors ensemble cast, the film manages to use the inevitability of its tragic conclusion as a dramatic asset.

Generating a palpable sense of tension, 'Valkyrie' teases us with suggestions that but for a crucial hesitation here, a turn-coat there and a highly unfortunate venue change at the Wolf’s Lair, Stauffenberg and his cohort might have succeeded - and changed the world - after all.

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