The Great Raid

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The Great Raid

R,

2005,

2h 12m,

War/

History/

Drama/

Action

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39%

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10,000+ Ratings

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In early 1945, as World War II is nearing its end, Gen. Douglas MacArthur selects Lt. Col. Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) to command a bold rescue mission in the Philippines. There, in the city of Cabanatuan, more than 500 American soldiers are being held captive in a brutal prisoner-of-war camp. With the assistance of Capt. Prince (James Franco), Mucci will lead the valiant soldiers of the 6th Ranger Battalion in one of the boldest POW rescues in American history.

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Critics Consensus

Though the climax of the film -- the actual raid -- is exciting, the rest of it is bogged down in too many subplots and runs on for too long.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Sep 10, 2005

2.5/4

The raid on Cabanatuan is extraordinary. Exciting, tense, full of crackling suspense and filmed with old-fashioned daring, the movie comes alive with crackling electricity it does not know until this very point.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Aug 14, 2005

1.5/5

There are the makings of a fine, moving, epic war film here, but thanks to the inclusion of enough chatty exposition to sink the Bismarck, again, and some just plain silly casting choices, The Great Raid is anything but.

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Daniel Fienberg

Zap2it.com

Aug 13, 2005

2/4

[S]ometimes the most worthy of stories, the most relevant of history lessons, the most rousing of plots can still become the dullest of movies.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 6, 2019

[The Great Raid tells] a tale of courage under fire and serving as a reminder to us all in this day and age that war is not all about smart bombs and precision aerial displays; rather, it exemplifies life, death, honor and courage.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Apr 15, 2009

C+

Undeveloped secondary characters and awkward pacing thwarts the movie from achieving its '60s war film ethos similar to "The Great Escape."

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Kam Williams

Princeton Town Topics

May 25, 2007

1/4

Instead of a tribute to a fine chapter in the annals of the Greatest Generation, we have a second-rate romance right out of a cheesy, pulp fiction novel.

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Ron S

Dec 14, 2018

I love movies based on history and this is an amazing story. Japanese were so cruel and this movie captured what history books never documented

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Albus W

Dec 9, 2018

i thought this was a great war movie

Dec 8, 2018

By far not even the worst war movie but the worst movie of any genre period. Garbage story line garbage acting, garbage action ð' (C)ð' (C)ð' (C)

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Poe W

Oct 15, 2017

This is a movie loosely based on the most successful rescue mission undertaken by US during WW2. The movie is 30-45 minutes too long; it covers too many angles, a love story, an underground resistance smuggling medicine into the POW camps, the Filipino guerrilla resistance and finally the rescue mission. The raid itself was exciting and enjoyable the rest of the movie is boring.

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Ron L

Jan 7, 2017

Good movie good story. surprised that the the US left so many behind to suffer under the Japanese

Anakin R

Jan 10, 2014

170317: Overly dramatic. Bratt is a huge weak link and there are many more. Feel like I wasted my time.

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Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci

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Synopsis

In early 1945, as World War II is nearing its end, Gen. Douglas MacArthur selects Lt. Col. Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) to command a bold rescue mission in the Philippines. There, in the city of Cabanatuan, more than 500 American soldiers are being held captive in a brutal prisoner-of-war camp. With the assistance of Capt. Prince (James Franco), Mucci will lead the valiant soldiers of the 6th Ranger Battalion in one of the boldest POW rescues in American history.

Director: John Dahl
Producer: Marty Katz, Lawrence Bender
Screenwriter: Hossein Amini, Kevin Lund, Douglas Miro, Carlo Bernard
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Miramax Films, Village Roadshow Prod.
Rating: R (Strong War Violence|Brief Language)
Genre: War, History, Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 12, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.2M
Runtime: 2h 12m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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