The Tunnel

Name: The Tunnel
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Released: April 29, 2005
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 72

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Roxie Releasing | Release Date: April 29, 2005

Summary: Based on the true story of the biggest underground escape attempt from East to West Berlin, The Tunnel is a cracking slice of old-fashioned, widescreen entertainment. (Roxie Releasing)

Director: Roland Suso Richter

Genre(s): Action, Drama, History, Thriller

Runtime: 150 min

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Stephen Hunter

Anyhow, either as history at its most inspiring or moviemaking at its most exciting, The Tunnel is a trip. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

It is the kind of superbly crafted, intelligent entertainment — a classic suspense thriller — that nowadays is as welcome as it is rare. Read full review

Derek Elley

A cracking slice of old-fashioned, widescreen entertainment. Read full review

Marta Barber

There are few moments when you're not totally absorbed by the film. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

The Tunnel boasts the kind of plot that would seem ridiculously implausible if it weren't based on a true story. Read full review

Laura Kern

The film convincingly portrays the devastating, life-altering hardships and restrictions that the residents of the divided Berlin endured. Read full review

Matt Singer

Director Roland Suso Richter skillfully wields the wall as a metaphor for isolation, but his pacing needs work: He cuts from an emotional death to a rowdy scene of sex on a kitchen table. Well, that's one way to mourn. Read full review

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JohnH.

Jun 22, 2006

Really disappointing. I expected a serious, thoughtful European film treatment a la Costa-Gavras and got a schlock Hollywood Action Thriller a la Bruce Willis (starring a B.W. look-alike no less.) After a modestly interesting beginning things get progressively sillier until we enter James Really disappointing. I expected a serious, thoughtful European film treatment a la Costa-Gavras and got a schlock Hollywood Action Thriller a la Bruce Willis (starring a B.W. look-alike no less.) After a modestly interesting beginning things get progressively sillier until we enter James Bond territory and you're wondering how the film got there and whether its worth your while to continue watching it. Very slick, very commercial and very vapid stuff !!… Expand

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