Let's face it: Anthony Hopkins is an excellent actor but he is absolutely no leading man, romantically speaking. He is called upon to do some romantic acting here and fails miserably.
There should have been fear in the air as World War 11 approaches to 1939 France. Instead, we have an unbelievably dull film. Donald Pleasence shows up in time to be killed for torturing Hopkins and others in a concentration camp. There is no explanation whatsoever why Hopkins, a non-Jew in the film, was placed in the camp to begin with. When Hopkins kills Pleasence, he suddenly feels this is routine and gets no satisfaction for doing this. How about the misery that he and others endured?
Down is good here, but the writing and background pulls this film down.
There should have been fear in the air as World War 11 approaches to 1939 France. Instead, we have an unbelievably dull film. Donald Pleasence shows up in time to be killed for torturing Hopkins and others in a concentration camp. There is no explanation whatsoever why Hopkins, a non-Jew in the film, was placed in the camp to begin with. When Hopkins kills Pleasence, he suddenly feels this is routine and gets no satisfaction for doing this. How about the misery that he and others endured?
Down is good here, but the writing and background pulls this film down.