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Rating: 6.5 stars

All movies seen on 09/08/2011

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Lebanon (2009)

Directed by Samuel Maoz

War

Overview

During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.

Rated R | Length 93 minutes

Actors

Oshri Cohen | Michael Moshonov | Yoav Donat | Itay Tiran | Zohar Strauss | Raymonde Amsellem | Dudu Tasa | Ashraf Barhom | Fares Hananya

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Often referred to as Das Boot on tank treads, I was disappointed in Lebanon. It’s a strong anti-war movie, but I expected a more realistic experience of what it was like to serve in an Israeli tank during the First Lebanon War.

There was plenty of realism there, but the anti-war plot was overly wrought and demanded so much attention that it took away from everything else.

Das Boot let its anti-war message unfold as a natural consequence of the daily trails of the u-boat crew; so Lebanon should have as well, instead of trying to force-feed its message.

Despite that, there are some pretty intense scenes and it does manage to convey the claustrophobic, tin can feeling of being trapped in a metal shell in the middle of a war zone.

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