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Release Date: Jul 09, 2002; Movie Rated: R; Genres: Drama, War; With: Colin Farrell and Bruce Willis; Distributor: MGM
HART'S WAR Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell (2002, MGM, 125 mins.,
R, also on DVD) As the highest-ranking Yank in a Nazi POW camp,
Willis gives one of his clenched, stoic, ''serious actor''
performances. But even that is wasted motion in a genre muddle
that starts in Stalag 17 mode, slaps on a simplistic racial
conflict, then mutates into a speechifying courtroom drama,
before closing with a tepid Great Escape action-flick finale. The
credits list two screenwriters, but this feels like the work of
twice that many -- all trying to tell a different story.
Originally posted Jul 12, 2002Published in issue #662 Jul 12, 2002Order article reprints
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