Hart's War Movie Review 2002

Willis is leathery Col. McNamara, ranking U.S. POW officer in a German stalag who clashes with newly imprisoned Lt. Thomas Hart (Farrell), Yale law student and son of a U.S. Senator. Hart is recruited to lead a court martial proceeding against African-American prisoner Scott (Howard), accused of killing racist fellow prisoner Bedford (Hauser). McNamara seems to have ulterior motives for this court martial, however, and seems to be undermining Hart at every turn. Howard shines as the accused who doesn't even begin to expect a fair trial, and Iures is brilliant as the urbane, Yankee culture loving German Col. Visser, who also happens to be a Yale alum. Beautiful cinematography helps offset occasional heavy-handed direction and, at times, overwrought plot.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 128 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

POW/MIA, World War II, Great Escapes, Military: Army, Military Crimes & Trials, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, Germany

Screenplay

Billy Ray, Terry George

Cast

Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence DaShon Howard, Cole Hauser, Marcel Iures, Linus Roache, Rory Cochrane, Michael Weston, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Scott Michael Campbell, Adrian Grenier, Jonathan Brandis, Joe Spano, Sam Worthington

Cinematography

Alar Kivilo

Director

Gregory Hoblit

Music

Rachel Portman

Other

David Ronne, David Rosenbloom, John Warnke, Elisabetta Beraldo, Lily Kilvert

Producer

David Foster, David Ladd, Arnold Rifkin, Gregory Hoblit, Cheyenne Enterprises, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures