Midway
Director: Roland Emmerich
A; Action
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson, Ed Skrein
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This historic action drama, helmed by Roland (Independence Day) Emmerich, tells the story of the Battle of Midway, the event that changed the course of World War II — in the voice of the US soldiers, pilots and sailors who fought it.

While the battle is broad enough to incorporate action-heavy drama involving one of World War II’s biggest battles, a lot of it seems rather unreal. An early scene itself calls to attention the rather flimsy computer generated craft employed here. Terrified sailors aboard the USS Arizona are shown fleeing from the flames as the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour. But there’s nothing there to attach the viewer’s interest to that scene. Everything looks digitally manipulated and fake. We never get to feel the horror or shock of the unexpected Japanese onslaught. The gravity of one of the darkest days in US history is lost entirely in a miasma of negligent digital wizardry.