Plan A

It's not a bad movie, on the contrary, the scheme is daring, and inspired from actual events. But the overall result in terms of acting, directing seems too predictable for this daring story. There is something wrong between the purpose and the development. This movie could have been far better, actually it lacks power, it could have gone further. But, I repeat, the basic topic where, for once, Jews are not shown as purely good guys, intending to poison millions of civilians in revenge, this topic is not that usual, it is rather surprising. So, so summarize, I think it did not deserve a theatrical release, but on the contrary released as a TV movie, it could have been far enough. With less "big screen" production design, it would have been more dramatic, more sober. More effective.

We are watching this right now, it's strange, the first voice says a few words, he says what would you do? It's all for no reason. Isn't this happening worldwide right now? History repeating itself. Okay there's a reason but I don't agree with it: we use far too many resources that can lead to a very uncertain future for us all so we need to act before 2030.

August Diehl doesn't suit nice guy roles, and his interpretation in English makes him even weaker. It is a film that had a very good idea, however by limiting it in English it lost strength, lost veracity, a great opportunity to make a great film but it was wasted.

The scenes are sometimes long and meaningless, you can also see some avenging Jews at the beginning of the post-war period, which could have been very difficult due to the chaos in Europe at that time, due to fatigue, not having the correct information and basically being homeless and penniless.

I think August deserves better productions and should find roles that suit his character, not his ideology.

It begins: 'Based on a true story' and that's exactly what it delivers. These were extraordinary times where simple unvarnished truth would have been an incredibly powerful way of telling this particular story. Unfortunately, creative license greatly diminishes rather than heightens what should have been storytelling at its finest. The ending, in particular, betrays the integrity of real events. The high-scoring ratings here seem similarly gratuitous. Is it better than Schindler's List (8.9 and seven Oscars)? Or Life is Beautiful (8.6 and 3 Oscars)? Or The Pianist (8.5 and 3 Oscars)? The acting's is good, as are the production values and it's a decent enough film. But truth, especially given the subject matter, is infinitely more powerful than fiction.

In the immediate aftermath of WWII, camp survivor Max (August Diehl) returns to find the man, who ratted out his family, has now stolen his home. He encounters a squad of the British army's Jewish brigade. They have been tracking down and executing former SS and other collaborators. They are transferred out by the British. Max remains behind to join a local Jewish squad with a darker plan.

I am going with this as Max and the group hunt down the SS. I am less convinced that he would do what he does after that. First, he would go kill the man who stole his house which led to the murder of his family. Without that, his character makes no sense. After killing the guy, he should finish off the list. I'm more than willing to believe that he would switch sides, but by that time, I don't buy his character. The story has no tension since the plan was never pulled off in the real history. I never expected them to succeed. The first half of this movie is pretty good, but the second half runs into various overall issues. In many ways, Michael would be the better lead character.