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said, "Just about any golden age Hollywood hack could have made a zestier drama about one of the greatest rescue missions in U.S. military history," and criticized "Franco's droning voice-over" for spelling out "every sliver of historical context", and also said "a huge chunk of time is given to an
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criticized a lack of character development and the pace of the film, saying, "On screen, at least, the raid to free the prisoners isn't all that great – just a bunch of explosions and combat maneuvers. Still, it's the one sequence in the film where everybody works with the same conviction. The
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gave it three stars, saying: "Here is a war movie that understands how wars are actually fought... has been made with the confidence that the story itself is the point, not the flashy graphics."
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took place from July 4 to November 6, 2002, but its release was delayed several times from the original target of fall 2003. The film received negative to average reviews from critics and was a
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audience, meanwhile, has to sit around with the prisoners, waiting for this to happen. It's a long wait." He concluded that the film "amounts to a noble failure." Mike Clark of
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The movie was shot in 2002 but it was pulled from its original 2003 release schedule on several occasions. It was finally released in August 2005, by
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utilising a huge, authentic recreation of a prisoner of war camp. In addition, numerous local Asian students were employed to play Japanese soldiers.
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to liberate all of the POWs at Cabanatuan prison camp before they are killed by the Japanese. The film chronicles the efforts of the Rangers,
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night fighter to divert Japanese attention while the Rangers were crawling toward the camp; the aircraft used in the movie was a
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as a result of injuries sustained from beatings. The movie ends with the prisoners being liberated.
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Throughout the film, the viewpoint switches between the POWs at Cabanatuan, the Rangers, the
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prison. She was eventually released but spent six weeks recovering from
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viewed surrender as a disgrace. Many prisoners were also stricken with
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from the Sixth Army and Filipino guerrillas as they undertake the
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James Franco wrote about the making of the movie in his novel
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million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 10.8
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uncompelling romance between a major...and a widowed nurse."
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in northern Queensland, reprising a role and practice from
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was the film's military advisor and trained the cast in a
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The film covers the resistance work undertaken by nurse
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held around 500 American prisoners who had survived the
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Military history of the Philippines during World War II
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Index

Great Raid of 1322
Great Raid of 1840
Great Raid of 2014
Morgan's Raid
Raid at Cabanatuan

John Dahl
Doug Miro
William Breuer
Ghost Soldiers
Hampton Sides
Lawrence Bender
Marty Katz
Benjamin Bratt
James Franco
Connie Nielsen
Marton Csokas
Joseph Fiennes
Peter Menzies Jr.
Pietro Scalia
Trevor Rabin
Miramax Films
war film
Raid at Cabanatuan
Luzon
Philippines
World War II
John Dahl
Benjamin Bratt
James Franco

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