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.

Go to Full Review

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."

Go to Full Review

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.

Go to Full Review

Lewis Beale Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007

A well-produced, rousing feature based on one of those forgotten World War II episodes that make for great cinema.

Go to Full Review

Peter T. Chattaway Christianity Today Sep 25, 2006 1.5/4

While the historical events depicted were unusual and cause for genuine celebration, the film that depicts these events is a dull, by-the-numbers set of war-movie clichs.

Go to Full Review

Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review May 12, 2006 5/5

Go to Full Review

John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis Dec 28, 2005 6/10

It moves slowly and methodically, showing us the minutest particulars of every facet of the operation. There's more here than we need to know.

Go to Full Review

Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com Dec 25, 2005 4/5

The Great Raid has one amazing action sequence. You just have to watch the whole story in order to earn and appreciate it.

Go to Full Review

Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Dec 16, 2005 C+

The true story part of it works. The spy and romance stuff doesn't.

Go to Full Review

Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Dec 1, 2005 C

It couldn't hold my attention despite the event being such a celebrated one in American history.

Go to Full Review

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.

Go to Full Review

Peter Sobczynski eFilmCritic.com Sep 10, 2005 4/5

Go to Full Review

Marty Mapes Movie Habit Sep 1, 2005 2.5/4

More of a skimpy skirmish that lasts way too short and has too little peril to be great

Go to Full Review

Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly Aug 25, 2005

War is hell, and so are some war movies.

Go to Full Review

Jackie K. Cooper jackiekcooper.com Aug 22, 2005 5/10

Might have gotten some attention if John Wayne had been around to star in it

Go to Full Review

Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette Aug 20, 2005 2/5

This is strictly for WWII buffs.

Go to Full Review

Luke Y. Thompson New Times Aug 19, 2005

For a man dying of malaria, Fiennes shivers impressively but also talks too much.

Go to Full Review

MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher Aug 18, 2005

[D]eliciously old-fashioned... Like in how Dahl assembled a cast of perfectly 1940s faces that pop off the screen with a suave anti-Technicolor urgency...

Go to Full Review

Sean O'Connell Charlotte Weekly Aug 16, 2005 1.5/4

Raid may move, but it isn't particularly moving.

Go to Full Review