Hell in the Pacific (1968)

Directed by

John Boorman

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

G

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 187 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American pilot and a Japanese naval officer are stranded together on a remote Pacific island during World War II. They start as enemies fighting for survival, but gradually form an uneasy bond as they realize they depend on each other.

tenseminimalistisolationistcontemplativevisceralsparseunsettlingslow-burn

What happens

Hell in the Pacific is a 1968 wartime survival film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune, the only two actors in the film. Set in the Pacific War, it follows an American pilot and a Japanese naval officer who are stranded on the same uninhabited island. It is about the importance of human contact and the bond that can form between enemies if they lack external influences. The film was released theatrically in the United States on December 18, 1968. It received mixed-to-positive reviews, but was a box-office bomb, earning $3.2 million on a $4.1 million budget. The disappointing performance of Hell in the Pacific was attributed to perceived similarities in premise to Frank Sinatra's None but the Brave (1965) and the film's abrupt ending, which failed to impress audiences. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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