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Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

davidfurlotte The first thing to say is that if you are looking for a war movie with big battle sequences that shows men singlehandedly holding back a complete division with only a pistol and some foul language, you best look elsewhere.If you are looking for a movie that gives a little insight into what happens to a man when he gets stripped of dignity, morality and even base humanity, you NEED to see "To End All Wars." I have never been a P.O.W. or even served in uniform so I would never dare to say that I would do this or that or even compare myself with any of the main characters in this movie, but I FEEL that the acting, the portrayal of men who WERE there was brilliant. Although some of the scenes in the movie were fictional -- such as the use of a wheelchair for one of the men who had been paralysed from the waist down -- the balance of scenes as taken from the autobiographical novel were very well done.This movie tells the true story of men being held in a P.O.W. camp by the Japanese and being used as slave labourers to construct a railroad to allow the Japanese a method to conquer more territory in Asia. What impressed me more than anything else was how the movie did not play down the brutality of Japanese soldiers in WWII because it might offend sensibilities. History should not be pasteurized because if we water things down we might end up repeating such things in the future. ALL countries have had their "dark" eras.I enjoy any movies that depict the military because I am an amateur military historian. This particular movies earns high marks in ALL areas, cinematography, acting, directing and most important, remaining accurate to real events. If you have NOT yet seen it, I envy you.

raypdaley182 James Cosmo, Robert Carlyle & the token Hollywood Superstar Keifer Sutherland are the main protagonists here.Playing soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War 2 who are made to build a railway.On its own this is an amazing movie with a brilliant cast (especially the supporting actors) but when you find out at the end it is based on a true story it makes it even better.Some of the atrocities committed by the Japanese are truly awful, beating a prisoner on his 1st day at a camp for disobeying a rule he hadn't even been informed of. Forcing prisoners to sign something that says they won't try to escape.Executing prisoners in cold blood (James Cosmo is murdered for refusing to sign and haranguing the Japanese Commander). The Japanese are constantly referring to Bushido, The Warriors Code of Honour but never once are they honourable in their conduct to their prisoners.Even when they are rewarding them with gifts, they are giving them Red Cross parcels that rightfully belong to them anyway.There are many examples of extreme violence and senseless cruelty towards prisoners that may put many potential viewers off. Making men dig graves then shooting them into the graves they have just dug for themselves (at the very start of the film!).Almost beating a man unconscious for not bowing to a guard even though no camp rules have been explained to them as new prisoners. Beating a man until he is crippled with a shovel for theft even though it is discovered no theft occurred, it was a simple mis-count.Crucifying a man is the worst example of this cruelty. This film is difficult to watch at times but deserves to be much better known about.Watch it and pray no war ever happens like this again.

futures-1 "To End all Wars": Starring Robert Carlyle ("Go Now"), Keifer Sutherland, and MANY talented men. As the film began, it felt like a cousin to "Bridge on the River Kwai", but the plot slowly morphed to an even MORE complex set of ethical issues, with divisions not seen in that great 1950's film. I see this new one as more related to the movie "Andersonville" - our own true American tragedy of a P.O.W. camp during the Civil War - and what THAT experience demanded of those interned. "To End all Wars" is certainly an anti-war film, and a true story, but looks at many individuals for the complexity of dealing with the horror...and offers bits of consolation...where it can be found. Its elegant ending reminded me of "Schindler's List". "To End all Wars" deserves to be considered a PROFOUND film.

Boba_Fett1138 No wonder that this movie became nowhere a success. It was made at a time when dozens of war movies were being made every year. This movie adds very little extra to the genre and offers few surprises or insight information about things we didn't knew yet.Also problem is that the movie just isn't much interesting because very little is actually happening in it. Just analyze this movie for a moment. Is it really the interesting story approach of the prisoners starting a school and start learning about so called 'deeper' philosophies. And here also lays a problem. The movie is toward the end trying to get philosophical and with deeper meanings in it but due to the way of film-making it feels too forced and because of that it gets overdone and works ineffective.All of the genre clichés you could expect from a movie like this are present here; A mean camp commander, a more friendly guard, escapes and escape plans, one group of people who wants to escape and others who want to stay put and the list goes on. Of course I understand that its hard to be original with a concept of a movie set entirely in a POW-camp but they at least could had put in some more surprises and less formulaic characters.Also the casting didn't helped much. Whose bright idea was it to cast Ciarán McMenamin (who?) as the main character. The movie is further more filled with some well known actors such as Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and James Cosmo but it all makes you wonder; wouldn't they characters be just as effective and good if they were being played by lesser known actors? The actors performances just don't add enough to the characters and their development. You can see that this movie is a waste of such a fine cast.The characters are also one of the problems I had with this movie. They don't ever fully get developed and you just never feel close or attached to any of them. I once again results in the fact that the emotions of the movie don't work out because you quite frankly just don't care.The movie also isn't very effective with showing how brutal and hopeless the situations in the camps were. The lacks a certain atmosphere of danger and perhaps even is too light on the subject, despite having some violent and cruel sequences in it. But all of those moments are rather predictable and you can sense them coming from miles away. It makes them ineffective and also makes the movie feel all the more formulaic and forced.The movie doesn't look cheap but it feels like a cheap one nevertheless, due to some lame camera-positions and editing techniques at times. Also the fact that the movie begins almost immediately set in the POW camp just doesn't work out effective. It just makes you feel cheated that you missed out all of the action, which obviously occurred but wasn't shown on screen. Lots of cruel things are happening to the characters but problem is that we don't know them yet, so to say it boldly, why should we care what happens? The directing and choices they made just aren't much good and I doubt we'll ever hear some big things from director David L. Cunningham in the future.But obviously this movie is of cause much better than just your average B-war movie. It's definitely a watchable movie but really not deserving of the high rating and praise it is currently receiving on here. It's a watchable but above all a very redundant movie that adds nothing new to the genre.I just don't see how this movie does do any justice to the real POW, by the Japanese during WW II. This movie offers nothing more than formulaic entertainment with drama that feels too forced and overdone to find this movie ever credible or powerful, despite it all being based on true events.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/