Valkyrie - Blu ray (ex rental)

Leading Role:  Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice Van Houten, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin McNally, Thomas Kretschmann, Tom Wilkinson

Director:  Bryan Singer

Running Time:  115 min.

DVD/ Blu ray/ HD-DVD:  Blu ray

EAN: 5039036041355

Region: Region 2

Rating: UK:12

Genre: Drama

Condition: Ex-rental

Description

Based on a the true story of a cadre of Nazi officers who grew to oppose Hitler's murderous pursuits and made several attempts to kill him in the late stages of WWII, VALKYRIE features a top-flight cast, with drama and suspense in equal measure. The film is a stylistic departure for director Bryan Singer (X-MEN, X2) and star Tom Cruise, with a screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) and Nathan Alexander that is constructed like a heist film, with a team of like-minded men coming together for a common purpose and facing incredible odds. It is 1943, and though he has come to be disgusted by Hitler's campaign of evil, Count Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) has risen to the level of lieutenant colonel in the German army. Convinced that Hitler must die, Von Stauffenberg requests a transfer to Tunisia, where he loses his left eye and right hand during an Allied air raid. Falling in with a group of similarly disillusioned officers including Major General Henning von Tresckow (Kenneth Branagh), General Friedrich Olbricht (Bill Nighy), General Friedrich Fromm (Tom Wilkinson), and Colonel General Ludwig Beck (Terence Stamp), Stauffenberg is at the centre of several attempts on Der Fuhrer's life, culminating in a bombing that kills a handful of his officers and leaves Hitler only slightly injured.

Credits

Producer: Bryan Singer Score Composer: John Ottman

 
Editorial reviews
Made with impeccable professionalism
Los Angeles Times  (04/30/2009) 

Solid, compelling
Time Out London  (04/30/2009) 

Has visual splendor galore
Variety  (04/30/2009)