The true story of Allied POWs captured by the Japanese in Asia during World War 2.
The prisoners were subjected to brutal conditions and treated as forced labour building a railway through the dense jungle.
This is now an infamous story about the Death Railway in Thailand. The film has a strong cast (Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Strong, Robert Carlyle) but somehow 20 years later it has aged badly. It's an important story but not sure this film does a very good job of conveying that. It comes across as a made-for-TV movie and lacks real emotional punch, despite the brutal events. Something is missing and I think it's the upfront character development which was very light.
The prisoners were subjected to brutal conditions and treated as forced labour building a railway through the dense jungle.
This is now an infamous story about the Death Railway in Thailand. The film has a strong cast (Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Strong, Robert Carlyle) but somehow 20 years later it has aged badly. It's an important story but not sure this film does a very good job of conveying that. It comes across as a made-for-TV movie and lacks real emotional punch, despite the brutal events. Something is missing and I think it's the upfront character development which was very light.