Valkyrie

Not as terrible as everyone is saying. It’s Mission Impossible during World War 2, that’s all. It’s tense and schooled. Singer, Cruise and company barely dwell on period tanks, planes, and uniforms. It’s all about momentum, and the suspense that the conspirators might possibly take back their country. And he may be crazy, but Cruise is no idiot. He surrounds himself with the best English actors in the world. Like, TEN of ‘em! It’s truly, deep-down, in every way a thriller. The victims of Hitler are barely shown and you’ll never feel the lump in your throat you get from earnest Holocaust dramas. You’ll be too busy scarfing down popcorn like any other pulpy thriller.