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To End All Wars

2001 · 108 min

A grueling, earnest descent into suffering and moral reckoning that tests endurance and finds fragile grace in fellowship.

Genres
Drama, War, Action
Overview
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • faith
  • war
  • violence
  • redemption
Places
  • wilderness
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama, war, action
Directed by
David L. Cunningham
Written by
Brian Godawa
Starring
Ciarán McMenamin, Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Strong, Yugo Saso, Sakae Kimura, James Cosmo, Masayuki Yui
Music
John Cameron, Maire Brennan
Cinematography
Greg Gardiner
Runtime
108 min
Country
United Kingdom, Thailand, United States of America
Languages
English, German, Japanese

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