I would say that this is not a must see because sometimes it just didn't fit with my expectations. Although the seting was realistic and the actors looked the part as they were all starving prisoners. You could tell that they lost a very huge amount of weight for these roles.

I am a huge Christian Bale fan and I loved him in just about all his roles I have seen him play in. However, this was not a stand out performance, although in comparison to the others in the story I would put him at the top. He always tends to make me smile with his smile and this did just that. He tried to put some comedy in this non humorous story. POWs are nothing to make fun of or make lightly of. However, his settle smirks are much needed in a dark genre as this. Although it could have been a better told story I found the documentary that went a long with the DVD much better and loved seeing the real person and his story.

Recommended: No