Unbroken (2014)

Directed by

Angelina Jolie

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film, athletics film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 17m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 4,396 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner turned Army officer, whose bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean during World War Two. He survives 47 days on a raft only to be captured by the Japanese and sent to brutal prisoner of war camps.

tenseharrowinginspirationalrestrainedsombervisceralbittersweet

What happens

Unbroken is a 2014 American war drama film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie and written by the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson. It is based on the non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010). The film stars Jack O'Connell as Army officer Louis "Louie" Zamperini, an American Olympian, and Miyavi as Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) corporal Mutsuhiro Watanabe. Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber ditched in the ocean during the Second World War, before being captured by the Japanese and being sent to a series of prisoner of war camps. Filming took place in Australia from October 2013 to February 2014. Unbroken had its world premiere in Sydney on November 17, 2014, followed by a London premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on November 26, 2014. The film was released in the United States on December 25, 2014. It received mixed reviews from critics, though praise was given to O'Connell's performance and Deakins's cinematography. It was a financial success, grossing $163 million worldwide. The film was followed by the less successful sequel Unbroken: Path to Redemption in 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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