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Valkyrie

2008

Bryan Singer

Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson ...

6.5

36,313

Action. War Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII. The “July 20 Plot” on Hitler’s life is one of the most heroic but least known episodes of World War Two. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance and help create Operation Valkyrie, the complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler’s once he is dead. But fate ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Tom Cruise fails to convince in sluggish 'Valkyrie' (...) [It] is a World War II thriller without enough thrills (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"[It] has visual splendor galore, but is a cold work lacking in the requisite tension and suspense."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Valkyrie' is a meticulous thriller (...) If I say that Cruise is not electrifying, I must add that with this character, in this story, he cannot and should not be (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Cruise starring in the fact-based story of a plot to kill Hitler by Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg sounds like Oscar bait. It isn't. And the sooner you accept it, the more fun you'll have at this satisfying B movie (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"Think of Valkyrie as a reasonably entertaining drama about the time Tom Cruise tried to kill Hitler. Do that, and it becomes possible to enjoy the movie"	NEU
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"A handsome hybrid of conspiracy thriller and history lesson, of Mission: Impossible and The Day of the Jackal"	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"The 1944 plot was at least fiendishly planned and generally well executed. Singer's, by contrast, seems flawed and foolhardy from the start (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"As a suspense movie, this works pretty well: director Bryan Singer ('X-Men', 'The Usual Suspects') maintains a crisp pace"	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Jolin Empire	"'Valkyrie' would have benefited from more scrutiny and complexity. Still, once the bomb goes off, the thrills come in spades (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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