"To End All Wars" (2001) - David Cunningham
Every so often, a really great film slips into DVD status with little to no North American promotions, robbing people of some great movies. One such film- while playing in theatres worldwide, but going direct to DVD in North America, is David Cunningham's "To End All Wars". Starring Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and Ciarán McMenamin, this filmed is based on the biography of Captain Ernest Gordon by the same name.
In a film about courage and forgiveness, is recounts the brutal treatment of World War II POW's held by the Japanese and forced to build a railway and bridge for the enemy (the infamous bridge over the River Kwai). With unrelenting cruelty, the captors attempt, with great success, to degrade their prisoners, turning them against each other. And yet, in the face of all of this, the power of selfless sacrifice, compassion and forgiveness begins to turn the impossible tide.
While this film may not have made it to North American mainstream theatres and has had limited popular exposure, it has made (and continues to make) a splash at Film Festivals and to the rental crowd that is beginning to discover the DVD. Check it out!
In a film about courage and forgiveness, is recounts the brutal treatment of World War II POW's held by the Japanese and forced to build a railway and bridge for the enemy (the infamous bridge over the River Kwai). With unrelenting cruelty, the captors attempt, with great success, to degrade their prisoners, turning them against each other. And yet, in the face of all of this, the power of selfless sacrifice, compassion and forgiveness begins to turn the impossible tide.
While this film may not have made it to North American mainstream theatres and has had limited popular exposure, it has made (and continues to make) a splash at Film Festivals and to the rental crowd that is beginning to discover the DVD. Check it out!
posted by Jamie at 8:33 p.m.
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