Hart's War Hart's War

Beyond Courage, Beyond Honor.

Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all under the dangerous eye of the Luftwafe vetran Col. Wilhelm Visser. Never giving up the fight to win the war, McNamara is silently planning, waiting for his moment to strike back at the enemy. A murder in the camp gives him the chance to set a risky plan in motion. With a court martial to keep Visser and the Germans distracted, McNamara orchestrates a cunning scheme to escape and destroy a nearby munitions plant, enlisting the unwitting help of young Lt. Tommy Hart. Together with his men, McNamara uses a hero's resolve to carry out his mission, ultimately forced to weigh the value of his life against the good of his country.

Bruce Willis Colin Farrell Terrence Howard Marcel Iures Cole Hauser Linus Roache Vicellous Reon Shannon Rory Cochrane Joe Spano Michael Weston Adrian Grenier Jonathan Brandis Maury Sterling Sam Jaeger Scott Michael Campbell Rick Ravanello Sebastian Tillinger Brad Hunt Rúaidhrí Conroy Sam Worthington

Cheyenne Enterprises David Foster Productions

war drama

125 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Peter Rogers

    Review by Peter Rogers ★★★½

    Relatively interesting, and some beautiful visuals... this is one of the least annoying things I've had the pleasure of watching Colin Farrell in. It's a story above fighting for justice and principle, in a gulag where all morality has been thrown out the window.

    The characters are probably the more interesting parts of this legal procedural - as the soldiers constantly shift, showing different views on morality, honour and justice. Just as you think someone is the good guy, he changes and is portrayed in a different light.

    However, one downside, I'm so tired of watching 'actors playing lawyers', rather than a genuine law case. It seems that everyone wants to create the next, "you can't handle the truth" moment and opt for drama over realism.

    Then again, it is just a movie... decent war-law flick.

  • Dakota Fanning

    Review by Dakota Fanning ★★★★

    Good fucking WW2 film that ironically enough isn't about the front lines. Great acting by both John McClane and Colin Farrell. I think my favorite character was the nazi camp overseer dude.

  • COLPARKER

    Review by COLPARKER ★★

    Kind of over long with a convoluted plot with huge holes in it but well acted. One of the few Willis movies that I find hard to watch. Farrell just doesn’t do it for me but he is believable in this role and holds his own. Howard is extraordinary as the heroic Tuskegee airman POW.

  • Michael Kastner

    Review by Michael Kastner ★★★½

    Gerichtsthriller im zweiten Weltkrieg. Interessante Geschichte mit einem netten Twist. Gut besetzt und handwerklich ordentlich. Kann man gut wegschauen.

  • Alberto Farina

    Review by Alberto Farina ★★★★

    Solid, engrossing war thriller set in a German WWII POW camp. Racism issues prove to be little more than a red herring when they get upstaged by plot twists. A good kickstarting role for Colin Farrell, playing opposite veteran Willis

    (Rai Movie)

  • Ben Trout

    Review by Ben Trout ★★

    Its twists are rusty, and the film, ultimately, is not satisfying. Too much emphasis ends up falling on the wrong character(s) in the end. We're given a series of honorable self-sacrifice moments by three soldiers who act as if attempting to one-up each other with said moments (which leaves an audience somewhat flabbergasted by the lousy, upbeat compromises at conclusion). The scenery apes The Great Escape and Stalag 17 and, so convincing is the setting, we imagine that, if only the film had a worthwhile yarn to spin, it could have worked as well as those two P.O.W. masterpieces. In the end, though, the best parts of the movie are the quiet moments where characters discuss things in especially anachronistic…

  • Aaron King

    Review by Aaron King ★★½

    For a film that I have always seen bits and pieces of on tv, this film is kind if boring at times. It reminds me of the prison films from the 60s without the humor or fun rather this film is dark in its portrayal of heroes who are all willing to sacrifice parts of their souls for their country. To my knowledge this is one of the first of many films where it shows Bruce Willis on the front of the cover and in reality he is only in the film a little bit.

  • LeneNJ

    Review by LeneNJ ★★★½

    Wow. Without HBO I would have never watched this movie. And I would definitely have missed out. The war within the war. Great!

  • Bluegod

    Review by Bluegod ½

    Bad 90's WWII piggyback film