This fill is a very good buy, saw it on the offer list so i fort wt the hell, turn out to be epic!
And by any chnce does any one no the song from the advert?

There seems to be divided opinion on the reviews written on this site, so I'll give my honest opinion for what it's worth. Firstly I quite enjoy watch Christian Bale as an actor. I think the new batman films are great and his performance in the Machinist is excellent. This film showcases another great performance. The film is not heavy on effects instead focusing on the building of relationships between the characters and some really stunning photography throughout. I found the storyline compelling, tense, and great to watch. If you like a film that really captures your attention, it grabbed mine, then I highly recommend a watch of this. The price is good too at £5!

thoroughly enjoyed this film.
going thru a bit of a christian bale film watching period at the mo and am rarely dissapointed!
yet another great film with his usual outstanding performance.
interested in the vietnam war an know a bit about it and was totally convinced of the realism!
great film and at this price a must buy!!!

The portrayal of the characters were frighteningly genuine, to the point that I believed that Bale as Dengler and his mate Duane (Zahn) were locked in there going insane everyday. Jeremy Davies as Gene was also sincerely creepy as a man completely out of touch with the real world. Each performance was absolutely stunning and entirely terrifying in their authenticity.

There are some many moments of humour in the camp, many juxtaposed with the seriousness of their situation. I felt I was living and breathing every day in that camp, a compliment to Herzog's often economic and intense direction to tell the story as is, through the characters and landscape.

What Rescue Dawn demonstrates transcends war; the tenacity of the human spirit to cope in their changing surroundings, whether they are prisoners of a faction (Rescue Dawn), prisoners to their mind (Kaspar Hauser) or to the landscape (Aguirre). Herzog's heroes survive where those around him perish, when the landscape destroys all other inhabitants and threatens the life of the hero himself. In Rescue Dawn, the country at war destroys all else around it, the prisoners of war, economic destruction, and obliteration of the land. His tough as nails characters are flawed, are human but how they use the human spirit allows them to change, to cope and hopefully survive.

Rescue Dawn is one of the biggest suprises I have seen in ages on DVD. I read the reviews in the papers and certain film magazines, and they all agreed that the film was brilliant, but only one thing put me off, and that was the given certificate 12 rating. How could a realistic P.O.W film have a cert 12 ?
The fact is that this film is still a harrowing account of survival, and although a family friendly 12 it does not skimp on the horrors of war and survival in the jungle. Bale is again outstanding as the downed pilot in the early days of the Vietnam war, and his weight loss throughout the film is shocking. All the support characters are great, but credit should go to director Herzog, as he directs one of the most beautiful films ever, breathing life into the jungle surroundings, so much so that you can almost feel the heat. The film is gripping from the word go and never lets up until the final reel. This is a real underrated classic film.
Spread the word, and make this a true classic that it deserves.
Amazing!

Christian Bale, for me is one of the better up and coming actors and this was another good one for me again. Superb story words echo in my head saying ''The Deer hunter'' but no its not the same, i was moved at times with the inability of not being able to do anything about dying which were brought forward in this movie, Bale and zahn go to the lengths and depths of anorexia just to show the pain of having the soul to want to escape.

Amazing. I wasn't sure whether or not I would like this movie as I ain't normally a fan of War/Vietnam films, but this is an exception. Christian Bale is as solid as ever and delivers a great performance.

Hard to describe..its a MUST see. One of the best movies ive seen.

I love my movies but stay away from this film, very poor quality and far to long, as the other reviewer said the escape scene is the only half decent bit but that only last 10 mins. so i say again do not buy this film.

This is a compelling and altruistic telling of the Vietnam War situated in the early days of the conflict when the minds and attitudes of soldiers were entrenched in benevolence and passion, emotions were high and support was widespread, but despite this one man is moved to a state of bewilderment and despair. Based on a true story Rescue Dawn takes place in Laos, 1966 a few years before the outbreak of the Vietnam War. A German-American pilot called Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) crash lands on his maiden voyage and is captured by Laotian Soldiers, he is escorted to a POW camp where he meets fellow prisoners and US soldiers. Once there he quickly becomes integrated with their harsh way of life, but manages to convince them to attempt escape with him. Christian Bale is arguably one of the best actors to come out of Wales; such is his dedication to his profession that he has employed a different accent for every one of his films and when required will engage in rapid weight gain or loss. He is quickly becoming a favoured actor of mine; and his performance in Rescue Dawn is among his best.

Directed by the widely acclaimed European director Werner Herzog Rescue Dawn is littered with examples of auteurship, personified by personal iconography and beautiful scenery that references some of his earliest work. It's not only the misc-en-scene that Werzog fans will recognise but the narrative is comparable to the despair and perilous power struggles found in Aguirre der Zorne Gottes (1972) and the grit and determination experienced by the lead character in Fitzcarraldo (1982). With such a familiar journey of character employed Herzog utilises a dexterity of camera-work and cinematography that sets this film apart. However, undeterred by such talent, some critics have drawn allegories with the contemporary conflict in Iraq - but this is not a film routed in propaganda and nor does it claim to be. This is further supported by Herzog's previous work since Rescue Dawn is a fictional remake based on a his own documentary made in 1997 called Little Dieter Needs To Fly, in which the real Dieter Dengler talks about his experiences and it would not be in the interests of a director of such calibre and intellectual standing to pander to the political notions of studios. In fact if Herzog does have any alternate themes embodied in this work it would most likely be the intertextuality. Evidence of this involves Christian Bale as Dieter who at one point in the film mentions that ever since he was a kid he's wanted his wings and that in essence he's an outsider involved in a conflict he knows little about - direct references to (almost a continuation of) Christian Bales character Jamie Graham in Empire of the Sun (1987).

Herzog manages to capture a sense of reality that would escape many other directors, he utilises his skills to show how the harshness of their predicament is derived from the conditions and the surroundings in which they are imprisoned, not just by the captors or prison guards. Some of the finest scenes in the film are presented in long takes with no dialogue just the all encompassing sound of loneliness which is reinforced by the unforgiving weather conditions. Rescue Dawn is a great film and although it's not Herzogs best, its rousing camera-work and emotive performances make this film a joy to experience.