Film201998 min

Dauntless: The Battle of Midway

Name: Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Released: 2019
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Judd Nelson, C. Thomas Howell, Mendel Fogelman, Aidan Bristow, James Austin Kerr

Taste attributes: actionadventuredramahistorywarhistoricaltried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"Based on a true story"

Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, wide-ranging war film, heavy rather than light. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

4.4 /10

TMDB · 32 votes

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Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

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Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

By June 1942, the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, the two-man crew of a U.S. Navy dive bomber is forced to ditch in the sea. Set adrift, the men look towards their comrades for rescue; namely, the ragtag crew of a PBY Catalina, who are sent to search for survivors. Amid the vast openness of the Pacific, with days passing and the chance of rescue fading, the men are forced to face their own mortality.

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