Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell
Four Jewish brothers escape from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and others...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 2, 2009
Stats: 12,662 reviews
Better than I was expecting, with engaging performances even if the story has little new to say about WWII partisan resistance. Mixing in english with accents was no doubt a commercial decision but it spoils the authenticity the rest of the film sets up.
It is an interesting story, the actors are fine, the score is strong, the cinematography beautiful, but the whole is less than the sum of its parts. It is a perfectly good but unremarkable film, as it finds nothing new to say about one of the most tired subjects in all of film an...( read more)
I really like this original set , dialogue and story that was inspired through real people during World War. Really great film.
This is one of the few Holocaust movies I've seen that show the Jewish people putting up an incredible resistance against the Germans. Over a thousand lives were saved in this true depiction.
I'm not familiar with the true story so I cannot verify historical accuracy, but the movie was very engaging and well made. If the movie was faithful to the story, then it is an amazing story indeed.
And, once again, another good to know movie. This people were brave and they were amazing. Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber did both a great job.Konstanty 'Koscik' Kozlowski: Why is it so fucking hard being friends with a Jew? ...( read more)
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This is a great movie.The story is great and the action scenes are good as well.
An amazing true story made into a very mundane, & at times even irritating, film.
I can't believe that no-one had thought to make this film before. This film tell the true story of the Beilski brothers who hid from the Nazis in the Belarussian Forest only to find that they aren't the only ones fleeing. Craig, Schreiber and Bell are prefectly cast and it is won...( read more)
It's difficult, perhaps impossible, to make a gripping 137-minute epic about people standing around under the trees. full review
It is, all in all, a film as square-shouldered as its leads -- tough-minded, forcibly acted and conventionally spun by Zwick and co-writer Clayton Frohman. full review
What is puzzling is how Edward Zwick has taken an extraordinary real-life story about a handful of people who defied huge odds, and turned it into an utterly conventional war movie. full review
Zwick, intent on correcting the perception of Jews as passive victims, lets the action set pieces overwhelm the more intimate scenes, several of which are already diminished by stilted dialogue. full review
What the Bielski brothers did in the forests of Belorussia deserves to be remembered and celebrated, but this glossy studio production robs them of life. It's not just new Holocaust stories that we ne... full review
With the possible exception of Valkyrie, no recent movie has gotten less out of a mind-boggling piece of history than Defiance. full review
The story, in other words, is pure Hollywood gold, full of opportunities for stirring speeches, ethical quandaries, lessons about tolerance and humanity, and violence against Nazis. full review
Powerful, gripping and quite remarkable. Daniel Craig gives the performance of his career. full review
The script hokes up the tensions between the brothers played by Craig and Schreiber, and while they're both fascinating, simmering-kettle performers, they consistently outshine their material. full review
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very funny , exciting against shot with 'em actions on the film you know . Have you watch it?
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Do you know?I'm wishing would like to been thier at the theatre to watch it this film . & i'm 'll do it .& i'm had to seen it this film on movies preview & at box office. I'm also liked he actor actions starring films on this film . Coz i'm had to knew about him actions on the films from Casino Royale & Quantum Of Solace
My favourite film of the year so far! Daniel Craig was great, much better than in the latest bond. Jamie Bell is fast becoming one of my favourite actors too. Really believable performance. Only complaint is the film should have continued after the tank battle to see how they built the mini village in the forest. I wouldn't have minded an extra 30 mins or so. We didn't get to see that or the liberation. Not sure if it's an acurate account of what happened, infact i don't think it is after ,especially when Daniel Craig's brother turned up just in time to save the day following a german onslaught. Nevertheless it was a thrilling ending. Get it on DVD, i will!
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