Rescue Dawn

Rescue Dawn is the newest in the line of Veit-Nam era war movies. We really have not seen a new one of these since Full Metal Jacket and Hamburger Hill, unless, of course, you consider Forrest Gump and Viet-Nam era war movie. But as we know, Forrest Gump more accurately portrays John Kerry than it did any real soldiers.


Rescue Dawn stars Christian Bale, who's been busy in the last couple of years with 3:10 To Yuma, The Prestige, and Batman Begins. The beginning starts off exciting enough aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ranger. It leads to his eventual crash and detainment as a prisoner in a war camp somewhere in Southeast Asia.


He is united with other prisoners, including Jeremy Davies who appears as a Charles Manson-like character, who interesting starred as Charles Manson in the 2004 TV movie Helter Skelter. The hatch out a plan to overtake the guards and escape from the camp and seek rescue from friendly faces. The later scenes border on somewhat "too convenient" circumstances, but the movie is based on a true story, so we may have to assume that much of it is true.


Overall, I like the movie and gave it 3 stars out of 5. On a side note, the movie was produced by former Duke basketball player Elton Brand. And we thought athletes from Duke couldn't amount to anything other than NBA stars.