Movie Review: Valkyrie

The other day, I my friends and I decided to see the WWII thriller Valkyrie. The plot is simple: a bunch of Nazi military/political members conspire to assassinate their leader Adolf Hitler for his crimes against humanity and end WWII. And the person playing the lead role as Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenburg is non other than Tom Cruise...... He speaks one line of German in the beginning of the film and that's it. Everyone else in the film besides Cruise are British actors. Besides the strange choice of actors, the film provides a very interesting yet true story in history. If you know anything about WWII history, then you know that Hitler lived all the way to the end of the war until he committed suicide. Though many attempts (15 known attempts) tried to take his life, non succeeded. Essentially, this movie plays out the last assault on Hitler's life. So I went into this film already knowing the ending, Hitler lives. But if you don't know anything about history, then this movie would make you believe they killed Hitler because the execution of this film's plot kept me on the edge of my seat. Tension was consistantly building as I kept guessing what was next, even though I knew the outcome. Don't expect much action even though I mentioned it was WWII (sorry Saving Private Ryan fans). I left this movie wondering what may have happened if Hitler was actually killed in real life and how many lives could've been saved.

In the end, The casting for actors was a bit of a shame but the film's execution was brilliant. I give this movie a 7 out of 10. Check it out history fans.