Starring:
Daniel Craig (Casino Royale 2006, Dream House 2011)
Liev Schreiber (The Omen 2006, Salt 2010)
Jamie Bell (King Kong 2005, The Eagle of the Ninth 2010)
Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber killing Nazis with a vengeance.
That was enough for me to want to go see Defiance the first chance I got. Especially when I heard it's based on a true story.
Unfortunately circumstances prevented me from seeing it in theaters, so I had to wait till it came to DVD. This is one of those movies that deserves theater treatment, and not just because of the scale of this film.
Defiance shows its audience what it really means to be responsible for the lives of others. It shows how desperate WWII made the Jews who chose action over death.
It showed what it takes sometimes to be a true, real leader instead of just being the guy in charge.
It was a little long, but it never wasted any time on anything less than interesting.
I loved Defiance, and I bought it shortly after seeing it for the first time.
My respect truly goes out to anyone who fought in WWII.
Factoid: Defiance is based on the true story of the Bielski brothers who protected 1200 Jews in German-occupied Poland during WWII. There's a historical biography called "The Bielski Brothers: The True Stoy of Three Men Who Defied Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews" that's available at Amazon.com.
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