Midway
The movie chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in World War II in the Pacific, the Japanese invasion fleet was destroyed, and America's string of humiliating defeats was finally broken.
22 August 1928, Highland Park, Illinois, USA
14 October 1924, Santa Ana, California, USA
24 July 1925, Seattle, Washington, USA
1935, Dublin, Ireland
21 December 1928, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
22 May 1932, Hawaii, USA
18 March 1943, New York City, New York, USA
3 April 1923, Delta, Colorado, USA
3 January 1932, Austin, Texas, USA
27 May 1945, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
18 November 1942, New York City, New York, USA
8 January 1948, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
17 June 1929, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
9 September 1923, La Jolla [now in San Diego], California, USA
13 September 1948, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
20 January 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
1942, Tokyo, Japan
16 March 1949, New York City, New York, USA
1 August 1943, USA
February 27, 1936 in Tokyo, Japan
20 August 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
28 June 1932, Isleton, California, USA
2 July 1931, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
17 May 1936, Staten Island, New York, USA
13 January 1928, Wendell, North Carolina, USA
4 January 1941, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
September 16, 2003
Charlton Heston at his restrained yet forceful best.
March 19, 2003
has the decency to devote the majority of the film to the actual events, and not get bogged down in a fictitious, smarmy love affair.
May 04, 2012
To make an uninvolving movie out of one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War may seem a dubious challenge, but there's no denying Universal their full credit in meeting it.
October 07, 2004
Rather dull, although certainly elaborate enough
November 07, 2001
If the movie drags a bit in the dramatics department, that's probably because the filmmakers were shooting for 'accuracy' over 'emotion'.
June 29, 2013
There are few surprises here, yet the feature remains dependably engaging and charmingly acted, helping the production hurdle a few questionable artistic choices as it attempts to resurrect history over 30 years after the fact.
