Max Manus

Name: Max Manus
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Released: September 3, 2010
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 60

2010

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D Films | Release Date: September 3, 2010

Summary: The rousing historical epic tells the true story of one of Europes's most celebrated World War II-era resistance fighters.
Max Manus follows Manus from the outbreak of World War II until the summer of 1945. After fighting against the Russians during the Winter War in Finland, Manus returns to a German-occupied Norway. He joins theThe rousing historical epic tells the true story of one of Europes's most celebrated World War II-era resistance fighters.
Max Manus follows Manus from the outbreak of World War II until the summer of 1945. After fighting against the Russians during the Winter War in Finland, Manus returns to a German-occupied Norway. He joins the resistance movement and becomes one of the most important members of the so-called "Oslo Gang," soon confirming his reputation for audacity by making two daring escapes from German captivity. He eventually reunites with his best friend Gregers Gram in Scotland, where they receive special training as saboteurs with a pan-national resistance movement, after which they are parachuted back to their homeland. One of the film's most thrilling sequences is a detailed account of the sabotage techniques used to sink a heavily guarded German supply ship in Oslo harbour, an act that leads to severe retaliation from the local Gestapo leader, Siegfred Fehmer. (D Films)… Expand

Director: Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning

Genre(s): Action, Biography, Drama, History, War

Runtime: 118 min

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Lou Lumenick

This rousing, fact-based Norwegian movie covers an unusual subject -- the resistance movement in that country during World War II, whose best-known depiction came in "Edge of Darkness," a 1943 Hollywood adventure movie starring Errol Flynn as a stalwart fisherman outwitting the Nazi occupiers. Read full review

Alissa Simon

This engaging second feature from "Bandidas" duo Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning combines artistic ambition and commercial appeal with a well-paced action-adventure approach. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

An epic by Scandinavian standards, Manus's period re-creation is lavish-but the too-polished rental décor doesn't create a living past. Read full review

Peter Brunette

The film is always engaging, from the boyish horseplay of the young innocents to the bravado shown in multiple encounters to the involvement of the revered king in exile to the final toll taken by the increasingly ruthless Nazis. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Buffed to an expensive-looking gloss and dressed in period-perfect finery, Max Manus has an old-fashioned sincerity that entertains without engaging. Read full review

Stephen Cole

Max Manus (the title role is played by Aksel Hennie) feels so familiar that audiences watching it are likely to experience a numbing sense of déjà vu. Nothing seems particularly fresh or involving. Read full review

Nick Schager

Despite the subtitles, it's basically a slice of formulaic Hollywood-style mythmaking, writ large and woefully empty. Read full review

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DrumsNStuff

Jan 23, 2012

Such a great movie. Adds up to one of my favorites. It's as if Inglorious Bastards was a real story. It shows that people can just stand up for what is right or maybe just to make themselves look like a complete badass. (and succeed of course)

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