Dunkirk Review

Director: Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar)

Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Hardy

Plot: Three inter-lapping stories about Allied soldiers during the evacuation of Dunkirk in World War II. After a large squadron of men are stranded in the French town of Dunkirk and surrounded by German soldiers, they must be evacuated in the midst of a fierce battle.

Review: Dunkirk is an intense film about the experience of war. It is a non-stop spectacle of raw danger. It is told with little dialogue, and is suspenseful throughout. Though it is less bloody than a lot of other great war films, it still manages to accurately capture the horrors of World War II.
However, the movie still falls short of greatness, due to its lack of deep human characters. While the characters' lives are put in danger, there still wasn't enough emotional involvement to make me feel truly afraid for them.
But it was still a great, atmospheric epic that I would definitely recommend.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars