The lines of stoic soldiers waiting patiently on the beach, the enduring image of the evacuation, seem almost like a backdrop as Tommy and his mate run through them. He does show initiative, but a soldier who throws away his weapon then "helps" wounded to the rear risked a court martial in every army from the Roman Legions on. Maybe he fits a New Millennium sensibility rather than a 1940's one, more like a contestant on "Survivor". Tommy, the soldier at the centre of the story, seems at first glance to be the antithesis of the Dunkirk legend. "Dunkirk" focuses on a number of characters who are inside the event, living it minute by minute. For some, Christopher Nolan's film may be the most they will know about the event.īut it's enough in some ways because even if it doesn't show everything that happened, maybe it goes as close as a film could to letting you know how it felt. Reviewed by tomsview 9 / 10 Capturing the spiritįor a teenager today, Dunkirk must seem even more distant than the Boer War did to my generation growing up just after WW2. This is that story, seen through the eyes of a soldier amongst those trapped forces, two Royal Air Force fighter pilots, and a group of civilians on their boat, part of the evacuation fleet. The situation looks dire and, in desperation, Britain sends civilian boats in addition to its hard-pressed Navy to try to evacuate the beleaguered forces. The only way out is via sea, and the Germans have air superiority, bombing the British soldiers and ships without much opposition. Four hundred thousand British and French soldiers are hole up in the French port town of Dunkirk.
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