King Rat

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James J Must see a real eye opener realistically shows just how barbaric the Japanese solders really were and what prisoners had to go through to survive! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review Fred W The best POW movie yet made. It shows realism, not a hyped up escape. A societal class study underlays the plot to give some depth. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/11/24 Full Review rob L One of the best movies iv ever had the pleasure to watch Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/01/24 Full Review Audience Member Film making at it's best. Clovell's skill as a writer allowed him to capture the essence of his personal experience as a POW of the Japanese. The film, in turn, captures the essence of that great 'novel's. George Segal, James Fox, and all the minor leads are outstanding; surely Segal's best performance on film. Segal contrast of Anerican transactional philosophy with Fox's British relational philosophy is a commentary on how the world changed after the war ended. You can feel the heat, the hunger, the despair. Yes, you say to yourself, that is what it was like. That is what happened. The Japanese surrender statement is worth listening to, several times. A film they will be watching while there are people to watch films. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review s r This had potential to be a great portrayal of the book, but it fell short of the mark for entertainment and well captured symbolism. Regardless, it tried something different. Saw on TCM. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member 43 years young and a complete fanatic about war movies ... so how come it's taken this long before I have ever seen King Rat ?? The first time I caught sight of this movie (Halfway through on the Sony Movie Channel) I was spellbound. The characters, the setting, the humiliation, the pain and the death, the apparent absence of Japanese guards, the licksmacking anticipation of eating dog.... it was a huge attack on my senses and everything I thought I knew. I watched not knowing what might happen next and afterwards I watched this again and again. Would definitely list this in my top 10 movies of all time. Second time round I watched the movie from the beginning and Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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