![]() “Defiance” is alive with the energy of both its ruggedly beautiful setting and the individuals who live within it - not because they want to, but because they must. Daniel Craig leads one of his best, a based-on-fact World War II story of four Jewish brothers who retreated into the woods of Belarus and brought any and all fellow survivors they could find with them as they eked out a humble (and, yes, defiant) existence among the trees. “Defiance” (2008)Įd Zwick specializes in war dramas that are more nuanced than they’re usually given credit for - likely a result of the tension between his bleeding-heart sensibilities and his just-plain-bloody set pieces, which occasionally make him look more battle-hungry than he probably intends. It’s in the kitchen hearth, the keeping room, that this fierce woman warrior makes her last stand. When Augusta rides to a store seeking medicine for a gash in her sister’s leg, she manages to escape on horseback from two threatening soldiers, but one (Sam Worthington) is not willing to let her go and tracks her down. Augusta knows how to use a gun for game and protection the trio have reason to be wary of strangers, especially wayward soldiers. Rising UK director Daniel Barber took on this 1865 story about Augusta (Marling) running a farm with her younger sister (Hailee Steinfeld) and her house slave (Muna Otaru) while the men are away at war. A friend sent Marling a script from schoolteacher-turned-screenwriter Julia Hart and her producer husband Jordan Horowitz, which Marling instantly wanted to do, because “it’s a story of a woman who is strong in an inherently feminine way,” Marling told me. ATīrainy actress Brit Marling stars in this Civil War drama that mixes a character study with the home invasion genre. “Black Hawk Down” won deserved Best Editing and Sound Mixing Oscars. A sturdy cast of veteran and rising stars are on the ground, in the air and watching with horror from afar: Eric Bana, Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Jason Isaacs, Orlando Bloom, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Jeremy Piven, and debuting Tom Hardy. Black Hawk helicopters (plunging one man overboard), and damaged two others, which led to a rescue mission for survivors. ![]() There, the soldiers were attacked by Somali militia RPGs, who felled two U.S. Scott tracks the off-site commanders (including the late great Sam Shepard) who sent Special Operations soldiers into the city to capture two top warlord lieutenants. military’s disastrous 1993 raid in Mogadishu in horrifying, noisy, immersive close-up. Back in 2001, director Ridley Scott, with a script from writers Ken Nolan, Steve Gaghan, Steve Zaillian, and Mark Bowden adapting the author’s 1999 non-fiction bestseller, re-enacted the U.S. ‘Detroit’ Trailer: Proof That We Really Need This Kathryn Bigelow Drama this Summer 24.
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