The costume details also look spectacular, which reveal fine stitching and dirt on each costume. In the wider shots, the landscapes come across beautiful and very real. You can see individual beads of sweat, scars, and wrinkles very nicely. Close-ups reveal very fine minute textures and individual hairs on the actors' faces. The detail is picture perfect in every scene that is true to its source material. The image is crystal clear and very vivid, giving the picture a lot of depth. Anchor Bay knocked this video presentation out of park. 'The Railway Man' comes with a great 1080p HD transfer and is presented in 2.40:1 aspect ratio. It's one war film that hits on all of the emotional buttons and is different enough to stand on its own from other war films. 'The Railway Man' is a top-tier film on every level, from its performances to its sets, to its screenplay. Even Lomax's Japanese captor has a redeeming quality as he gives and sells his performance that is worthy of an Oscar. But through Firth's gracious yet chaotic body language and dialogue, this man's journey is quite redeeming as we see him confront his demons and past to not be scared anymore. Teplitzky shows us the transformation of a loving family man into a deep, dark monster that many years of torture and war could do to someone, and even though he has a good support system with his wife Patti, he may never recover fully from this shell shock. In addition to this film playing out a little like ' The Bridge on the River Kwai', it also follows a revenge plot, as Eric wants to confront his former captors and seeks revenge for the shell of a man he has become. As the film passes along, we see Eric track down one of the men who tortured him in the camp, who got off on trial for war crimes. The two are sent to a POW camp where they are to work under harsh conditions, building a bridge and are tortured at almost every turn. Here is where the film flashes back many years earlier where we see a young Lomax (Jeremy Irvine), a British soldier who is captured and imprisoned with Finlay by the Japanese during WWII. Once things settle down and with the help of Patti and his best friend Finlay (Stellan Skarsgard), Eric sets out to right the wrongs in his life and confront his past head on, literally. Their loving relationship is put to the test when Eric starts convulsing violently due to his post-traumatic stress disorder. This story follows a man named Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), who is a good man who falls in love with a beautiful woman named Patti (Nicole Kidman). And 'The Railway Man' shows this on screen perfectly. These poor individuals have experienced something so traumatic in their past that the thought of that time can overcome them and have negative effects on their lives and those around them. This condition can completely debilitate someone to which they cannot move their limbs or have a solid conversation in society. This condition is known as shell shock, or commonly known today as post-traumatic stress syndrome. But rarely do we get a chance to see the horrors that haunt these surviving soldiers decades later. We might even get a glimpse of what it might be like when the surviving soldiers return home to see their families. In most war movies, we see the actual war and the atrocities that are committed by humankind. And I have no doubt this film will spark some conversation with those around you. Director Jonathan Teplitzky's ('Burning Man') adaptation of this story shows both the vicious horrors of war and what it does to a man and those he is close with, as well as show the beauty of friendship, loyalty, and forgiveness.Įven though you'll figure out where the film is going early on, you'll still be very happy you took the ride. Based on the real account depicted in the book of the same name, this impassioned tale about a man who is living with a case of severe post-traumatic stress syndrome hits all of the right notes and emotions. Very few war-driven movies have the profound and emotional effect that 'The Railway Man' has.
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