The Railway Man

[Flopper]

I watched The Railway Man recently on Netflix. I think it was a good movie but not really a great movie. Railway Man is a true story of a Vet who suffers unimageable tortures in a Japanese POW camp during WWII. It's beautifully acted and is profoundly moving, and yet, somehow, its sentimental ending manages to be both unearned and predictable. It is a bit slow with not a lot of action but builds to a real emotional climax. It is certainly better that most Netflix's offerings.

 

[odanny]

I've read about him confronting his captor in Japan, there was no empathy nor recognition of his role in his torture, if memory serves correctly.

 

[Flopper]

I've read about him confronting his captor in Japan, there was no empathy nor recognition of his role in his torture, if memory serves correctly.

In the movie, I think there was, but the director could have been taking some literary license. Real life stories if portrayed completely accurately ten to be a bit boring and are best suited for a documentary.

 

[Grumblenuts]

I'll look for it. Reminds me of The Bridge Over The River Kwai epic.