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My Review of "Unbroken:Path to Redemption"

Is this a sequel, or is this the movie that Louis Zamperini would have wanted?

By Brian AnonymousPublished 6 years ago • 3 min read

The title of Unbroken: Path to Redemption is kind of confusing to me. The reason why it's confusing is because I already reviewed a movie called Unbroken (https://shopping-feedback.today/serve/my-review-of-unbroken%3C/a%3E%29. That movie was directed by Angelina Jolie and it was actually a pretty good one. It talked about the extraordinary things that Louis Zamperini had to deal with during the war.

So when I saw the title of this movie I thought it was another version of the same story. I was curious because I wanted to see if the details would be different from the previous movie that was released back in 2014.

This movie is a different movie altogether. It's kind of like a sequel to the 2014 movie. It talks about Louis Zamperini's civilian life after the war finished. This time Louis is played by Samuel Hunt. He goes through a downward spiral because of his post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from the war. He becomes fixated at getting back at "The Bird", played by David Sakurai. The bird was the Japanese prison guard that made Louis concentration camp experience a living hell during the war.

In a way you can see all of this actually playing out in real life. The situations are realistic and the portrayal of the characters is pretty well done. The real hero in this movie is Louis' wife Cynthia, played by Merritt Patterson. She sticks it out with him through thick and thin and never really gives up on Louis despite his horrible spiral to rock bottom.

This movie has similar undertones about mental fortitude to overcome but that's where the similarities of these movie end. PTSD is totally different from the mental fortitude that Louis had to go through to get through concentration camps and being stuck on a raft for 47 days. He's now living a regular life but is haunted by the past experiences of the war.

They mention about how crude psychology was back in Louis' day and how he had to reach religion to heal himself. It is a pretty heavy handed movie about religion closer to the end of the movie. In fact, it almost feels like a Christian recruitment movie for a little bit. I can see how they try to steer away from this fact but if that's what Louis was up to they shouldn't hide that fact.

They have a lot of old footage at the end to prove that this movie is probably what Louis would have wanted the audience to see. It takes a lot for this guy to give forgiveness to the people that had haunted him in the past. Plus, it's a powerful lesson to all of us that having grudges will never allow you to move forward with your life. We can't just let go of things because we're human we have memories. Finding forgiveness to those that have done you wrong is really tough but it allowed him to progress and live a much more harmonious life.

It was a little interesting to watch this movie because watching the first movie I kind of knew what was going to happen. They had an epilogue in the first movie that describes the stuff in this movie. This movie acknowledges all of the struggles Louis endured in the first movie which was nice too.

Overall, I had a pretty good time watching this movie. It was acted pretty well but there were times (I don't know if this had to do with the budget of the movie) where it felt like a made for TV movie. If you enjoyed the first Unbroken movie you'll probably enjoy this movie as well. Some of the religious parts of the movie are a little heavy handed but you have to realize that Louis was a devout Christian. At the end of the movie, I had the idea that Louis would have wanted his story to be told this way. I would have to give this movie a 7 out of 10. I think some people might get turned off by this movie but as a movie I still enjoyed it.

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Brian Anonymous

I have tons of opinions that change constantly. I watch a lot of movies and play video games. There are some articles on my struggles with languages and dance as well.

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