
Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all under the dangerous eye of the Luftwaffe veteran Col. Wilhelm Visser. Never giving up the fight to win the war, McNamara is silently planning, waiting for his moment to strike back at the enemy. A murder in the camp gives him the chanc... (Full plot summary below)
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Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all under the dangerous eye of the Luftwaffe veteran Col. Wilhelm Visser. Never giving up the fight to win the war, McNamara is silently planning, waiting for his moment to strike back at the enemy. A murder in the camp gives him the chance to set a risky plan in motion. With a court martial to keep Visser and the Germans distracted, McNamara orchestrates a cunning scheme to escape and destroy a nearby munitions plant, enlisting the unwitting help of young Lt. Tommy Hart. Together with his men, McNamara uses a hero's resolve to carry out his mission, ultimately forced to weigh the value of his life against the good of his country.
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| Filmcritic.comMax MessierDelivers on all fronts, with a cunning script, great acting, and subtle directing. |
| UK CriticIan Waldron-MantganiA serious and absorbing drama with the old-fashioned notion of telling a story and taking the necessary time to do so. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneJeff StricklerReaches for more than it can handle, but it's well-acted and earnest in its intentions. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldA solid piece of storytelling that doesn't pander, skips the usual POW stereotypes and allows the film to work reasonably well as an epic of war, a survival story, a prison thriller, a murder mystery and a courtroom drama. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliWorks uncommonly well because of the effective manner in which it blends together its various elements: the WW2 prison camp setting, the courtroom aspects, and the issues of honor, racism, and redemption. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedAn exciting, thoughtful and adrenaline-pumping war picture that is provocative and different. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonIf you haven't seen the trailers and commercials, you'll likely find Hart's War a good waste of ten bucks. |
| Denver Rocky Mountain NewsRobert DenersteinProves 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. |
| Common Sense MediaNell MinowBig WWII drama about honor, courage and sacrifice. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrReminds us that the human dynamic can do a lot that explosions can't, even when the film flirts with formula. |