Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

joemccoy-72932 Bryan Singer's Valkyrie is a great attempt at showcasing one of the most fascinating chapters of WW2- the assassination attempt on Hitler's life by a brave German named Claus von Stauffenberg, played rather impressively by Tom Cruise. The plot is historically accurate and the setting and production is so good you'd be astonished to know that the locations are all fake (apparently the German authorities refused to let the filming happen on actual locations). The pacing needs a mentioning as it is absolutely amazing- the film literally flows from one scene to the next, which is a given since it follows an event in real time. This is a great watch.

doublevinegar Very well directed and well acted. It's highly suspenseful for a film about a real life event the outcomes of which are well known. I was engaged and on the edge of my seat through out the whole film. Even as you watch the ill fated coup unfold, you can't help but root for the characters and worry about them. I was moved by the officers' courage and nerves despite their motives not being very pure from a non German's POV. Tom Cruise did well, more subdued and wary than his usual performances. Fromm and Abrecht's characters are both handled with nuance. I also really like the adjutant to Stauffenberg, he's assured, committed, perhaps feels even more reliable than some higher ranked officers. His last moments made me tear up, fearless and loyal. The professional critics were wrong, their criticism were very shallow, many of them devoted half their piece to bitching about the accents. International audience like me don't care about such thing.

Filipe Neto This film's story is about an unsuccessful attempt to kill Adolf Hitler by members of the high command of the German army. To say that the conspiracy failed is not to spoil because any half-educated person knows Hitler's trajectory very well. The film kept our attention for our curiosity. As much as we already know how it all ended, we want to see how they tried to do it and the movie is quite skilled at making suspense around it. However, it would have gained value if it established a bridge between the conspiracy and the state of the war, putting the plot in the war context. Personally, I missed that background. Tom Cruise played the lead role in a decent and reasonable way, but without giving personality to his character. He was still sounding like himself. The film also has a good cast of supporting actors, sometimes playing much better than the main actor. Finally, a positive word also for the scenarios and costumes.

llareggub I have only seen half at this stage, but it seems to me to be a gigantic, and very well done homage to Visconti's masterful 'Gotterdammerung'. Normally if I see Tom Weirdo in the credits, I don't bother even starting the spools, much less finishing. But when one sees Branagh, Nighy, Stamp & Wilkinson amongst the first XV, you know you have a team that can compensate for even a half-wit at Five-Eighth. He actually does not do a bad job, but the Fullback is Singer's never-ending cues back to 'The Damned'. It actually works better without all the sexual weirdness that Luchino just had to inject into all his sumptuous, high camp melodramas. If I get to the Macbeth bit, it gets a 10 and I will be very happy indeed! In any case, you are not wasting your time and you can then Google "Luchino Visconti" and really begin to live.