OUR RATING
WHAT IT S ABOUT:
The Battle of Midway was a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy, which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. The events of this heroic feat relied on leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
WHAT WE THOUGHT:
In 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service bombed the naval base at Pearl Harbour in Honolulu, Hawaii. In Roland Emmerich s
Midway, the film opens with the surprise attack many believe was preemptive. Patrick Wilson s Edwin Layton calls it the greatest intelligence failure in American history , while scenes of the attack show men falling to the ground, while the military wives who live within sight of the base watch as clouds of smoke fill the air. With the camera panning a gravesite on the naval base, the film recounts the infamous Attack on Pearl Harbour, but this time as a plot device to show the great sense of responsibility the he