Defiance - Movie Review

A good enough World War II action piece about a little known group of Jews hiding from the Nazis in Belarussia who manage to fight back. Interesting story intercut with action scenes but you never get a real sense of suffering the characters must've really gone through - they live in the forest for two years, making their own shelters and foraging for food and though they look a little grimy at the movie's end, you still have the sense that these are Hollywood actors playing make-believe at camp. I mean, they still have straight, white teeth and though they're wearing the same clothes, they're no more ragged or soiled than when the movie started. It's distracting and takes you out of the story. The forest is lovely, though, and well-photographed and the action scenes, while breaking no new ground, are thrilling.

A Redbox rental so certainly worth a buck.