AsianTrumpSupporter
Platinum Member
I just finished watching this one a few minutes ago. Aside from the trailer, I didn't know anything going into watching the movie. I didn't research it, and I didn't even know if it is based on a true story (it is). The tone of this movie is similar to Road to Perdition, but not nearly as grim or dark. Where Road to Perdition had a dark ending, this one has a more uplifting ending. It was also cool to hear what happened to the prisoners and Tom Hanks' character after this ordeal.
9/10
The trailer makes it look a bit like hokey Oscar bait, but the actual movie is a lot better than the trailer. Some tiny spoilers that don't really give away anything that isn't in the trailer:
I thought this would be mainly a courtroom drama, but, actually, most of the movie is about the prisoner swap, and I found that part to be much more interesting than the courtroom stuff. About 40% of the movie is courtroom stuff, and the remaining 60% is the prisoner swap stuff, which I found much more interesting.