Should you watch Unbroken?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Unbroken
Film · 2014
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
The sides of Unbroken
- An Olympic runner shot down over the Pacific
- Weeks adrift on a raft
- A prison camp guard called the Bird
Unbroken is good for you if…
- you like the true story of Louis Zamperini.
- you like a man who keeps going on a raft and in a prison camp.
- you like a Second World War story told through one soldier.
Unbroken is bad for you if…
- you can't watch a prisoner beaten again and again.
- you roll your eyes at a film made to inspire. Its motto is if you can take it, you can make it.
About: endurance · forgiveness · war
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