- Actors: Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciarán McMenamin, Mark Strong, Yugo Saso
- Directors: David L. Cunningham
- Writers: Brian Godawa, Ernest Gordon
- Producers: David L. Cunningham, Edwin L. Marshall, Enock N. Freire, Greg Newman, Jack Hafer
- Language English, Japanese
- Classification: 15
- VHS Release Date: 6 Oct 2003
- Run Time: 117 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000AISIH
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,573 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Based on the true story of a young soldier taken prisoner by the Japanese during World War II to build the famous railroad featured in Bridge on the River Kwai.
From the Back Cover
A true-life story of extreme endurance, survival and redemption, as a disparate band of battle-weary World War II Allied soldiers are plunged into the brutal terror of a Japanese POW camp. Based on the memoirs of Scots Captain Ernest Gordon, To End All Wars tells of the rival values and split loyalties of a group of men kept in a state of hunger and fear, amid the permanent stench of death and disease. Forced to build a railroad through the forbidding jungles of Burma-Siam, the men are driven to revenge, escape and self-preservation. Ultimately though, only by reclaiming hope and dignity are they able to slowly uncover the cracks in the rigid, dehumanized regime of their captors.
Starring Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and Ciaran McMenamin.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
War brings out the best and worst in human relationships and this film brings out both in startling clarity. The actors are all superb as they portray people whose basic humanity is strained in the most terrible of conditions. Some rise above the horror of the prison camp, some fall and courage is shown not in how strong you can be but in how you respond when strength is not an option. This film is deeply moving in its own right but to know that it is a true story and that the people actually existed ensures that its power does not cross the line into emotional manipulation. Watch this film and weep!
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I brought this dvd with some misgivings if it was, as suggested, heavily slanted on christianity. I found nothing of the sort. I watched a film depicting the ability of the individual to find a spirituality in the deepest, darkest face of adversity. It's release should not have been delayed, in fact the lack of publicity for this film is nothing short of disgraceful, echoing a similar lack of recognition of the lives and deaths of the people involved. 'To End All Wars' serves as a timely reminder of man's ability to harm and heal.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Robert Carlyle (Trainstopping, The Beach), Kiefer Sutherland (24, The Lost Boys, Phone Booth), Cieran McManamin and Mark Strong shine through in Oscar worthy performances in this powerful true story of (as the tagline says) the will to survive and the courage to forgive.
Director David L. Cunningham's film, based on World War II veteran Ernest Gordon's book, is a thing of beauty. Never mind all those so-called 'American Classics' like American Beauty and The Cider House Rules. Don't get me wrong, those are excellent movies, but I just see To End All Wars as better filmmaking triumph. The film shows the true horrors that British and American soldier faced in a Japanese prison camp during WWII.
With McManamin and Strong being little-known actors, I thought that Carlyle and Sutherland would over-shadow them. But that is not the case as they act as supporting material to McManamin's breathtaking leading performance and Strong is equally as 'strong'.
But To End All Wars doesn't just have wonderful performances. Every last detail is done to perfection, especially Cunningham's direction. But, there is one thing that does puzzle me and that is if Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black and The Rock are both in IMBd's Top 250, then why isn't this?
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Brilliant
This film was fantastic! I cant think of anything to fault this film, the music is great, the acting superb and the actors did a spot on job of their roles.
Published 1 month ago by dunkace
To End All Wars
I watched this film, late one night having no knowlegde of the film except that it was about POWs in WW2.
I found it one of the best war related films I have ever watched. Read more
I found it one of the best war related films I have ever watched. Read more
Published 1 month ago by PSW
Very thought provoking film
This film is based on the the true stroy of a survivor of the Burma railway building campaign which was carried out by prisoners held by the Japanese during the second world war. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Rosemary Swords
excellent, very moving
thought provoking, moving, emotional in parts and at times chilling. a fantasticly acted war drama which teaches the real meaning of forgiveness from both a soldiers perspective... Read more
Published 15 months ago by nathan
Harrowing but heroic.
This film deserves far more recognition than it currently receives. In the aftermath of the fall of Fortress Singapore in 1942 a group of British PoWs are transported up the Malay... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Dan the man
Excellent
An excellent, powerful film. I could only find it in Amazon.co.uk. The delivery was on time and the product was in perfect condition.
Published on 8 Jun 2009 by M. Cristina Martin
Good
Nice to see an up todate film about the British in WW2. Really good jungle film. Though clearly funded by Americans, ie an american actor in there for no good reason, and POW... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2009 by Mr. Dean Driver
Not up to expectations
As a Scotsman and also ex-military I found the premise of this movie to be interesting.
The reality for me was that it is a bit of a "wannabee" movie at the end of the... Read more
The reality for me was that it is a bit of a "wannabee" movie at the end of the... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2008 by Gavin T. Davidson
Against the tide
Unlike all other reviewers, I was very disappointed in this film. I found the script wooden and characters unconvincing. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2008 by Ismene
"Honey, can i borrow your hankey"
I rented this not having much to do one afternoon. I braced myself for some sort of crappy B Movie but i was very very shocked at how much I LOVED IT. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2007 by The Welsh Warrior
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