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The Great Raid
Directed by
John Dahl
R
2005
2h 12m
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6.6
39%
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Taking place towards the end of WWII, 500 American Soldiers have been entrapped in a camp for 3 years. Beginning to give up hope they will ever be rescued, a group of Rangers goes on a dangerous mission to try and save them.
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Cast of The Great Raid
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Benjamin Bratt
Lt. Colonel Mucci
James Franco
Captain Prince
Connie Nielsen
Margaret Utinsky
Logan Marshall-Green
Lt. Paul Colvin
Joseph Fiennes
Major Gibson
Marton Csokas
Captain Redding
Robert Mammone
Captain Fisher
Max Martini
1st Sgt. Sid "Top" Wojo
Mark Consuelos
Cpl. Guttierez
Cesar Montano
Guerilla Leader Juan Pajota
James Carpinello
Cpl. Aliteri
Clayne Crawford
PFC Aldridge
Motoki Kobayashi
Major Nagai
Gotaro Tsunashima
Yamada
Craig McLachlan
2nd Lt. Riley
Sam Worthington
PFC Lucas
Kenny Doughty
Pitt
Natalie Mendoza
Mina
Paolo Montalbán
Sgt. Valera
Masa Yamaguchi
Lt. Hikobe
Paul Nakauchi
Sgt. Shigeno
Freddie Joe Farnsworth
2nd Lt. Foley
Laird Macintosh
2nd Lt. O'Grady
Jeremy Callaghan
Lt. Able
Scott McLean
Lt. LeClaire
Royston Innes
Sgt. Adams
Diarmid Heidenreich
PFC Daly
Luke Pegler
PFC Miller
Dale Dye
General Kreuger
Jerome Ehlers
Col. H. White
Brett Tucker
Major Lapham
Kristian Schmid
Cpl. Lee
Warwick Young
Sgt. Lyle
Steve Harman
PFC Chestnut
Tim Campbell
Cpl. Friedberg
Matt Doran
Ron Carlson Radio Op.
Nicholas Bell
Duke
Iain Gardiner
McMahon
Christopher James Baker
Monty
Christopher Morris
Sgt. Williams
Eugenia Yuan
Cora (Manila Nurse)
Alvin Anson
Rudi
Rommel Montano
Miguel
R.J. Leyran
Carlos
Simon Maiden
Father McPherson
Neil Fitzpatrick
Father Connor
Laura Stejskal
Nurse Manila Hospital
Clive Sayers
Henchman #1
Bembol Roco
Henchman #2
Yutaka Izumihara
Sgt. Major Takeda
Ken Senga
Colonel Mori
Richard Joson
Captain Joson
Valerie Berry
Refugee Woman
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Douglas MacArthur
Self (archive footage)
The Great Raid Ratings & Reviews
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
Obsessed with authenticity, the movie simply isn't 'Hollywood' enough. What could have been a valuable history lesson for everyone is just more fodder for military buffs.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Dahl's approach may be somewhat pedestrian, but he tells his story clearly and with few unnecessary detours.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Not a great movie, but it certainly does justice to the great historical event it dramatizes.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
This smart, unhurried drama plays out like a retro version of Saving Private Ryan.
San Francisco Chronicle
Joel Selvin
The story line is telegraphed from word one and the meticulous unfolding plot plods ahead inexorably without the slightest bit of suspense.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
I hereby award the World War II drama The Great Raid a Cement Star for faithful and distinguished service to the cause of mediocrity.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
For Dahl, war isn't poetry or surreal irony or metaphoric hell. It's a job that has to be done, and in cases like this one, it has the side product of being heroic.
USA Today
Mike Clark
Just about any golden age Hollywood hack could have made a zestier drama about one of the greatest rescue missions in U.S. military history.
Detroit News
Tom Long
It never gives its characters enough character to build the sentiment required.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Amounts to a noble failure.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
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.
Zap2it.com
Daniel Fienberg
[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.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
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.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
While one might have wished for a better movie, and a few smarter decisions regarding the screenplay, generally it's a riveting, even inspirational account of an American feat of arms about which few know but about which many more should.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Acting like a big-screen epic but coming across more like a cable TV extravaganza.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
Divided three ways among the rangers, the prisoners and the resistance fighters in Manila, the movie feels unfocused, schematic and overpopulated.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
Although the story of The Great Raid may have never been told on film, it's like every other POW movie, in this case made about 45 years too late.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
A tedious World War II epic that slogs across the screen like a forced march in quicksand.
Christian Science Monitor
John Anderson
There's genuine tension in the film.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Esposito
The action is brilliant, the combat sharp and rattling, and the film follows the historical record more closely than most Hollywood films.
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