Rotten
This earnest WWII escape story throws in a courtroom drama, but to nobody's advantage.
Derek Adams, Time Out
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Hart's War
Overview
When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.
Director and cast
- Gregory Hoblit Director
- Bruce Willis as Col. William A. McNamara
- Colin Farrell as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
- Terrence Howard as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
- Marcel Iureș as Col. Werner Visser
- Cole Hauser as Staff Sgt. Vic W. Bedford
- Linus Roache as Capt. Peter A. Ross
- Vicellous Shannon as Lt. Lamar T. Archer
- Rory Cochrane as Sgt. Carl S. Webb
- Joe Spano as Col. J.M. Lange
- Michael Weston as Pfc. W. Roy Potts
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Reaches for more than it can handle, but it's well-acted and earnest in its intentions.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Proves a servicable World War II drama that can't totally hide its contrivances, but it at least calls attention to a problem Hollywood too long has ignored.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Fresh
An exciting, thoughtful and adrenaline-pumping war picture that is provocative and different.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
We're situated in that familiar showbiz intersection of Hollywood and Rhine.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
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