2008 Directed by Bryan Singer
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.
Tom Cruise Kenneth Branagh Carice van Houten Bill Nighy Kenneth Cranham Tom Wilkinson Thomas Kretschmann Terence Stamp Eddie Izzard Kevin McNally David Bamber Tom Hollander David Schofield Christian Berkel Jamie Parker Ian McNeice Danny Webb Bernard Hill Chris Larkin Matthew Burton Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg Matthias Freihof Halina Reijn Anton Algrang Werner Daehn Matthias Schweighöfer Andy Gätjen Philipp von Schulthess Karl Alexander Seidel Show All…
Kenneth Nakada Mark Freund Brice Liesveld Kim Boyle Phillip Hoffman Richard R. Hoover Maricel Pagulayan Diana Stulic Ibanez
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bluray was $3 at 7/11. only $3 for this shot of tom cruise's ass. greatest god damn $3 i have ever spent. a steal
Tom Cruise is so completely dedicated to his craft and showing the audience something they've never seen before that he actually went back in time to kill Hitler.
Historical dramas usually have one thing going against them, history. How do you build a tension filled plot when everyone knows the outcome? That was Bryan Singer's biggest problem in the making of this brilliantly constructed thriller than focused on the unsuccessful attempt by a leading group of German officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler in the Summer of 1944. Bringing together an all star cast that would put most productions to shame, Singer made us invest our faith in these men who tried in vain to do the right thing.
Led by Tom Cruise as colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a disillusioned officer who finally wakes up to the atrocities his country has committed under Hitler, he joins a secret committee…
The illusion of risk. Drama without drama. English speaking German officers that completely gave up hiding their accents halfway through. Valkyrie portrays Adolf Hitler in the most non-threatening way possible and is the tamest and safest depiction of Nazi Germany I've ever seen.
Incredible that a movie about TRYING TO KILL HITLER is among the most boring things I’ve seen this year.
How is it possible to make a conspiracy to kill Hitler this boring? With my boy Tom Cruise! Fuck Hollywood, honestly.
Let's be honest, Valkyrie should never have worked, should it? Hollywood taking a true-life story about a heroic rebellion inside the Nazi regime during World War Two, and throwing all-American cheese meister Tom Cruise into the lead role of a German Colonel, throughout which he speaks with a traditional American brogue. Combine all those elements, it really should have been a car crash... yet it actually works really rather well, arguably down to the proven combo of director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie; two superb talents who rein Cruise's charm in here and allow a very dark, very tragic tale to unfold in a largely effective way. It's no spoiler to tell you at this point: there is no…
2008 Ranked
Non-2019 First Time Watches Ranked
Directors Ranked: Bryan Singer
Writers Ranked: Christopher McQuarrie
Film #12 of my 5x5 Actors Challenge
I can't help but be disappointed by Valkyrie and I can't quite figure out why. The acting was solid, with great performances from an all-star cast that includes the likes of Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Wilkinson, Eddie Izzard and of course, Mr. Tom Cruise himself. Not only that but the direction is solid; the film looks fantastic. So why didn't I like it?
The only thing I can think of is that, because I am somewhat familiar with history, I know that Hitler survived the attempt (sorry for the spoiler but you know, real life spoiled it…
As informative as it is intriguing, Valkyrie is a finely carved, swiftly paced & well acted historical account that takes a leaflet out of the countless unforgettable events that occurred during the Second World War, and brings it to cinematic life in a tense & gripping fashion but what hinders it from making the desired impact is Tom Cruise's own star presence.
Set in 1944 during World War II, Valkyrie chronicles the path to July 20 plot, a failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, that was concocted by Claus von Stauffenberg & his associates in order to remove the Nazi Party from power. The plot briefly glimpses over Stauffenberg's early life before focusing on the plans & preparations to assassinate the Führer & end the…
Someone has to take this movie outside and knock it around a bit. It's given a free pass by a majority when in fact it is quite poorly executed. There is little to no passion for the subject matter being conveyed through the film-making with its bland composition, even blander color pallet and cinematography, deadly slow pace, and suffocating performances. The Nazi uniforms are doing a lot of the leg work with these actors. They all have their collar buttons tightly choking their necks. The costume design is a metaphor for the choking gridlock of momentum and excitement sorely lacking from the plot and the performances. Cruise in particular is so shockingly bored and uninteresting here. He put on that…
there's literally no point in letting tom cruise star in films that aren't homoerotic
