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Benjamin Bratt (Actor), James Franco (Actor), John R. Dahl (Director, Producer) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
4 out of 5 stars 51 customer reviews
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  • Actors: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Robert Mammone, Max Martini, James Carpinello
  • Directors: John R. Dahl
  • Producers: John R. Dahl, Marty Katz
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. UK Ltd
  • DVD Release Date: 18 April 2011
  • Run Time: 132 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B004UGANXE
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 45,660 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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War drama based on the novel 'The Great Raid on Cabanatuan' by William B. Breuer. It stars Benjamin Bratt as Lt. Colonel Mucci, an offbeat military man who puts his faith in young Captain Prince (James Franco) to lead a dangerous mission to rescue 500 American POWs held prisoner by the Japanese. Among the men imprisoned in the camp are Joseph Fiennes as the ailing Major Gibson and Marton Csokas as Captain Redding, who is always trying to escape. Connie Nielsen adds romantic tension as a war widow smuggling much-needed medicine into the camp.

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Nearly three years after it was filmed, The Great Raid finally appeared as a welcome reminder that good old-fashioned World War II movies never go out of style. While lacking the scale, prestige, and pulse-pounding momentum of Saving Private Ryan, this fact-based war drama benefits from a back-to-basics approach to realism and a rousing rescue climax that more than compensates for the slower passages that precede it. Adapted from the books The Great Raid on Cabanatuan and Ghost Soldiers, it chronicles the five-day mission (in late January 1945) to rescue 511 American prisoners of war held by the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines. Under the direction of neo-noir specialist John Dahl (The Last Seduction), the film's three-part structure follows the raid mission led by Lt. Col. Mucci (Benjamin Bratt); the plight of the POWs at Cabanatuan, including malaria-stricken Maj. Gibson (Joseph Fiennes); and civilian resistance in Manila as carried out by real-life hero and Gibson's (fictional) would-be lover Margaret Utinsky (Connie Nielsen), whose effort to aid the POWs is vigilantly monitored by the enemy Japanese. In keeping with war-movie traditions, Dahl handles character and action with no-nonsense intelligence, favoring a slow build over pumped-up adrenalin. By the time the miraculous rescue is executed with critical assistance by Filpino guerillas, The Great Raid has earned its stripes, honoring the brave men who carried out the most successful rescue mission in U.S. military history. --Jeff Shannon --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 starsPrisoners of Miramax
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWER on 12 Dec. 2007
Format: DVD
Some films just get made simply because so much time and money has been wasted developing them that it almost seems unthinkable not to make them even though everyone at the studio has long since lost interest. Case in point The Great Raid, one of Miramax's infamous shelf-hoggers. Initially intended as a Steven Spielberg-Tom Cruise vehicle before they got a better offer from the Martians, it finally went before the cameras in Australia and China in 2002 with the less than A-list combo of director John Dahl and an underpowered cast headed by Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Joseph Fiennes and Connie Nielson only for Harvey Scissorhands to spend three years tinkering with the cut (Disney later claimed that, like the 45 other films still on the shelf at the time they parted company, the Weinsteins shelved it so it wouldn't affect their performance-related bonus and severance pay), by which time it had cost some $70m or more. Junked in a few theatres to no discernible business in their let's-wreck-the-joint-for-the-new-management spree when they started their new company, it never made it across the Atlantic, quietly sneaking out onto DVD when no-one was looking.

While it's easy to see why Spielberg and Cruise bailed - not enough drama, no big star role - the end result certainly isn't anything to be ashamed of. Based on the most successful rescue mission in US military history, when a group of untested Rangers rescued 500 prisoners of war in Cabanatuan in the Philippines before their Japanese captors could kill them, it's the kind of film you're surprised wasn't made decades ago.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat War Movie
By C. HARROP on 28 Sept. 2006
Format: DVD
I'm surprised that some people found this movie wooden,I couldn't fault it. Its a big budget war movie that will be appreciated by anyone who likes war movies. The film, which is based on actual events, is well shot and action packed from start to finish. The WW2 Veterans of this actual raid advised on this movie and this film does those guys proud. Best war film of 2006.
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4.0 out of 5 stars'A WELL-PORTRAYED WORLD WAR '2' DRAMA'
By rbmusicman/and/movie-fan' TOP 50 REVIEWER on 5 Aug. 2014
Format: Blu-ray
Based on true events the story takes us to Japanese occupied territory where in 1942 thousands of U.S Servicemen had surrendered to the advancing and overwhelming forces.
The U.S prisoners were force marched to 'POW' camps, thousands perished on the march.
Almost three years later the U.S army are poised to advance on the occupied territory, however it is realised that around 500 prisoners in the 'Cabantauan' camp would allmost certainly be killed by the Japanese before the advancing army could reach them.
A group of 'U.S' Rangers are assembled to attempt a daring raid behind enemy lines to secure the 'POW's' release.
'Filipino' Guerrillas volunteer to assist the U.S rescue mission.
This is a story of courage and struggle for survival by the 'POW's' living in intollerable conditions, along with the bravery of the underground resistance in 'Manilla' and of course the courage shown by all during the rescue mission.
The story tells of many aspects of struggle during the Japanese occupation of the 'Philippines' during 'WW2'
I did buy the film when released on 'DVD' a few years back and was pleased to see it re-released on this format.
I believe in time the film could be rated a WW2 -classic.
How many other equally heroic story's are there yet to be told ?
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3.0 out of 5 starsThe Great Raid
By Mr. R. Mcandrew on 26 Jun. 2007
Format: DVD
A disappointedly average war film. The story of the main characters is picked up half way through. It would have been much more interesting to also have seen how these people got into these positions in the first place! The acting was ok, but Joseph Fiennes was pretty poor as the Commander of the prisoners (not a patch on Alec Guinness) and it was hard to see what influence he had over his men at all! The resistance movement in the Philippines was interesting to watch and it's a shame it didn't feature more in the film. The Action (when it finally arrives!) is poorly executed, Allied soldiers seemingly unable to miss there short sighted Japanese foes! The film is fairly well shot though and it's nice that it pays tribute to such brave man and women, whose sacrifice should not be forgotten through the passage of time.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWon't play well in Japan
By Mr. Joe HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER on 26 Dec. 2005
Format: DVD
Amidst all the special FX-laden pap put out by Hollywood, it's the sadly infrequent film that pays tribute to American soldiers at war from any factual and/or realistic perspective. (Let's ignore such harmless scriptwriters' fantasies as TOP GUN, STEALTH, GI JANE, HEARTBREAK RIDGE, and their ilk.) How many can you think of in the past half-dozen years? SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, WE WERE SOLDIERS, BLACKHAWK DOWN, and the TV miniseries BAND OF BROTHERS. Now, with our troops currently bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan with indifferent media coverage reporting only deaths by suicide bombers, we have THE GREAT RAID, based on a true World War II incident.
After the fall of Corregidor to the Japanese in 1942, tens of thousands of U.S. troops were herded off to captivity on the shameful Bataan Death March. Those that survived the trek languished in POW camps such as Cabanatuan, which contained 500+ prisoners in January 1945, by which time MacArthur was recapturing Philippine real estate. A battalion of Army Rangers was tasked with rescuing the Cabanatuan inmates. THE GREAT RAID is the story of that mission.
One notable feature of this film is that it and the audience are not overwhelmed by the presence of superstars which steal the show. Rather, its cast is made up of relative unknowns (at least to me) portraying professional fighters going about their business. Joseph Fiennes plays the malaria-ridden Major Gibson, the senior American officer in Cabanatuan, Motoki Kobayashi as Gibson's head jailer, the venomous Major Nagai, and Benjamin Bratt as Lt. Colonel Mucci, the commander of the Ranger rescue force.Read more ›
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