Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Rescue Dawn.

This movie was very good. I enjoyed all of the performances, Steve Zahn's in particular. I knew Christian Bale would be good, because he always is. But Zahn was the real knock-out for me. I'd only ever seen him in the buddy role in comedies. He was always sort of a generic character, with little depth. This film showed me that he can actually act. The directing was good, but I'm not familiar with Herzog's other movies, so I have little frame of reference. And what is with Bale being in war films? Empire of the Sun basically started his career. Dawn is a great addition to his films, but maybe he should lay off films where he is in Asia as a war prisoner. Just a thought.

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