Rescue Dawn
During the Vietnam War, Dieter Dengler, a U.S. fighter pilot, is shot down over Laos and taken captive by enemy soldiers. With some people, he manages to escape. However, an unexpected betrayal splits the group and Dieter and Duane find that the jungle is their actual prison.
26 October 1959, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
8 October 1969, Saugus, California, USA
15 August 1975, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
9 December 1966, Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
4 January 1980, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
1974, California, USA
14 September 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 February 1954, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
13 November 1967, Marshall, Minnesota, USA
22 September 1970, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
28 September 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
June 09, 2010
Dumps traditional war movie bravado in favor of a subtler touch, and softens the blow of an unspeakable ordeal by shooting it amidst a series of jarringly beautiful and poetic canvases.
April 23, 2009
Bale's lack of ambiguity points to the biggest limitation of a film that makes the grade as an adventure yarn by ignoring the most disturbing implications of its story.
April 09, 2009
Not the typical Chuck Norris movie, but just as rancid in its own "edgy" pretentious manner.
April 28, 2011
The jungle has been very good to Werner Herzog.
July 28, 2007
Although the film delivers the expected action and efficiently jacks up the suspense, longtime devotees of the director will undoubtedly miss the visionary qualities that have long distinguished his work.
April 28, 2014
Unlike a traditional Hollywood movie, Rescue Dawn follows the pacing and irony of real life. It is far from predictable and far from formulaic.
July 27, 2007
It's easy to understand why Herzog was driven to tell this story twice.
August 20, 2007
But just as exciting -- maybe even more so, for those who love the medium and, especially, the uplift of the great-escape genre -- Rescue Dawn is a triumphant Werner Herzog movie.
September 17, 2010
Werner Herzog isn't interested in patriotism as product placement, like other directors might be. Though uncommonly somber, "Dawn" is still an engrossing prison-break film. It's not "The Great Escape." It's "The Sheer, Dumb Luck Escape."
August 13, 2007
Herzog builds this movie around another strong, eccentric performance from Bale, who is gaining a reputation for outsized talent and for downsized physicality.
July 27, 2007
Takes what could have been a mundane if well-made war story into something greater -- more harrowing, more hungry and more human.
October 18, 2008
Rescue Dawn may not feel much like a Herzog movie, but it's a gripping real-life thriller.
