Louie Zamperini was just a guy. An Olympic runner, sure, but just a guy. A guy on a plane shot down during World War II. He and two others manage to survive the crash on a life raft. Louie and one other guy lasted over 6 weeks before finally being "rescued" by a Japanese war ship. From there, Louie is a POW subjected to an incredible amount of torture and abuse. And that's where the movie ends. What we have here is basically a WW2 version of The Passion of the Christ with the main character being tortured for 2+ hours. The movie as constructed is good but it doesn't tell the full story of Louie. We don't get his healing and redemption, or his positive later life, other than through a couple screens of text at the end. Maybe director Angelina Jolie didn't want to cover that part because Louie's faith plays such a huge part in his later life. I dunno. I just know that the full story isn't told. What is here is good, it's just incomplete. This one lands right at the Tabedoza Line™ - 7/10.
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