Unbroken (2014) directed by Angelina Jolie -Review-

   


Unbroken is a film directed by Angelina Jolie and based on the real life story of Louie 'Louis' Zamperini. (Jack O'Connell) Louie is a very mischievous boy and so he channels his energy into running, Louie trains for years and with this he manages to qualify and become an Olympian in the 1936 games held in Berlin. Shortly after, Louie enlists into the U.S Air Force to help fight in World War II. During the war Louie survives living on a raft at sea for 47 days with two of his friends, Phil (Domhnall Gleeson) and Mac (Finn Wittrock), after his plane crashes into the Pacific. They are eventually captured by the Japanese navy; whilst being held in a Prisoner of War camp Louie becomes the target of the commander Mutsuhiro Watanabe(Miyavi) due to his Olympic title.The title Unbroken symbolises that throughout the film Louis stays strong mentally and physically against all the torture and torment he has to go through whilst at the PoW camp and is 'Unbroken'.

This film can be viewed on Netflix and brought from Youtube at £2.49, google play for £6.99, from iTunes to rent at £1.99 or brought for £7.99, and for amazon prime users they can watch the film through the privileges of their membership or can be brought off amazon for the £4.00 DVD. The films full running time is 2 hours 17 minutes. The film is rated P-13 due to war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and some explicit language.
The ratings for the film have all been great including Rotten Tomatoes 51% and IMBds 7.5/10.

Unbroken is a film definitely worth seeing, it is full of action and emotion and as it is based on a true story it gives us a perspective of what some soldiers actually faced during the second world war. The real Louie Zamperini was alive whilst filming was taking place for this incredible film and so his experiences and memories from the war was taken into account whilst writing the script and so the film is as accurate as possible. The book Unbroken: An Extraordinary True Story of Courage and Survival written by Laura Hillenbrand goes into more detail of the events and other action which is missed out in the film such as when Louie caught the eye of Hitler whilst running in the Olympics and after asked Joseph Goebbels to snap a picture of the German chancellor. He then shook hands with the Führer himself who said,'Ah, you're the boy with the fast finish?'

Overall the film Unbroken is a truly inspirational story and shows us that anything we achieve in life can lead onto something unexpected and with the strength and willpower anything can is possible.