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Unbroken (I) (2014)

PG-13  |   |  Biography, Drama, Sport  |  25 December 2014 (USA)
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After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

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Watanabe (as Takamasa Ishihara)
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The life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who joined the armed forces during the second world war. Only to be captured by the Japanese navy after a plane crash in the Pacific. During his capture, Louie must continue his fight by surviving through the war. Written by Tristanmerkler01

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Rated PG-13 for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language | See all certifications »

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Inquebrantable  »

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$31,748,000 (USA) (26 December 2014)

Gross:

$115,603,980 (USA) (6 March 2015)
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Despite being a born-again Christian, Louis Zamperini requested that the film not delve too deeply into his religion, as he wanted his experiences with faith and forgiveness to reach the audience on a universal level. See more »

Goofs

The Tokyo radio station JOAK also had the call sign WVTR. This did not occur until after the allied occupation as WVTR was an US armed forces call sign and did indeed take over JOAK. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Phil: [in cockpit] We are here.
Cup: [over radio] At 8,000 feet. This is it, boys.
Phil: [over radio] You got it, Zamp?
Louis Zamperini: [dialing in bombing scope] Roger.
Lambert: You hit this one, drinks are on me.
Louis Zamperini: I ain't going to a bar with you, handsome. You confuse all the broads.
Mac: [wolf-whistles]
Phil: Get your cameras, boys. I'm gonna light it up like Christmas.
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OLYMPISCHE HYMNE
Written by Richard Strauss and Robert Lubahn
Performed by Locke Brass Consort
Conducted by James Stobart
Courtesy of Chandos Records
By arrangement with Source/Q
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It's Fine
13 December 2014 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Just came out of a pre-release screening. It was fine. Above all, the word I would use would be "safe". It was a movie created not to fail, and it doesn't. Watching it is a reasonable way to spend 2 and a half hours. A bunch of bad stuff happens to Zamperini, he survives it in an inspiring way, the end.

IMDb movie reviews have to be 10 lines, but Unbroken doesn't really deserve it. There's more to be said about Zamperini the person than the film itself. It was narratively predictable, but that's forgivable given the nature of the film. The problem is it was visually predictable too. If someone were to right a textbook on how to make an inspiring movie, they could dryly and apathetically describe this movie shot for shot. So...hoorah I guess. It was fine.


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