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Hart's War, 2002

Starring: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell

Directed by: Gregory Hoblit

Written by: Terry George

Language: English, German

Country: USA

Runtime: 125 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.2

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The mood of Hart's War is rough, suspenseful, and uplifting. The plot centers around captivity, courtroom drama, and soldiers. It is a drama and war movie. In approach, Hart's War is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a battlezone and in a prison. The setting is Germany. Hart's War happens in the 20th century. It is based on a book. Note that it includes profanity and violent content.

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Director Gregory Hoblit's debut feature was the tricky courtroom drama PRIMAL FEAR. With his fourth feature, HART'S WAR, Hoblit is back with another. This time the court is inside a WWII prisoner-of-war camp. The defendant is Lieutenant Lincoln Scott (Terrence Howard), a black officer accused of killing a racist sergeant (Cole Hauser). Scott's lawyer is Lieutenant Tommy Hart (Colin Farrell), a second-year law student at Yale. A U.S. senator's son, Hart was having a relatively easy war until he was captured, interrogated, and sent to Stalag VI. The camp commandant is the urbane, charming, and ruthless SS Major Visser (compellingly played by Rumanian actor Marcel Iures). The ranking American officer at the camp is Colonel William McNamara (Bruce Willis), and Hart is soon in conflict with him. When Scott is accused of murder, McNamara insists that the prisoners should hold a court martial, and he appoints Hart counsel for the defense. At the court martial, Hart finds his client is being railroaded, although he gets help from unexpected quarters. Intricately plotted by scriptwriters Billy Ray and Terry George, and filmed by Hoblit with his accustomed attention to detail, HART'S WAR is a devious and absorbing courtroom/POW drama.

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Language:	English, German
Country:	USA
Release date:	15 February 2002
Runtime:	125 min

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Bruce Willis

as Col. William A. McNamara

Colin Farrell

as Lt. Thomas W. Hart

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Entertainment Weekly

It may seem harmless, to some, that our movies have never entirely abandoned the land of Poitier-ville, but as Hart's War demonstrates, it's an insult that they haven't. Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

Chicago Tribune

Just because a movie was inspired by real life and has good intentions doesn't mean it can't wind up as phony as a three-dollar bill. Full Review

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by: Michael Wilmington

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Don't be fooled. Bruce Willis is not the star of this film. Rather, he is the foil to Colin Farrell's Leiutenant Hart. Nonetheless, it is a very good movie. The confliction in Hart, an officer who caves into Nazi interogators to get some shoes, and... Read and rate it

30.June.2010
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by: Rodney Wollam
Rodney Wollam rated this movie0/10

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