Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Defiance

   The Story: Four Jewish brothers escape from Poland into the forests of  during World War II to lead a band of resistance fighters and create a safe haven for Jewish refugees. From Netflix.com

And yes, its based on a true story.

Its kind of hard for me to watch war films, especially if they are somewhat historically correct. I already know what's going to happen. I mean, no matter how you spin it, the Titanic always sinks.

Lucky for me, Defiance is not just about the war.

This is about a group of people struggling to live their lives, while a war just happens to go on around them. These peoples story, their journey, is unbelievable. Its both breathe taking and heartbreaking.

Defiance is a deeply character driven drama and it's lead by three fantastic actors. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell play the Bielski brothers. Each one of these actors give their best performance to date,

This movie totally proves that Daniel Craig can be so much more than James Bond.