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Defiance (2008)

5 Ratings: 2.4

Action & Adventure, Drama, and Military & War movie directed by Edward Zwick

Three ferociously committed actors fill the roles of the Bielski brothers, Jewish partisans who escaped into the forests of Eastern Europe during the Second World War. Daniel Craig (taking a break from 007 duty) is Tuvia, the leader of a group of refugees … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies

Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber

Director: Edward Zwick

Genre: War, Action, Drama, Adventure

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review by IsraelDrazin. October 19, 2010

This is an excellent movie but it left me somewhat unsatisfied

This is a great movie. It is a story that should be told and should be known by everyone. The acting was also good. However, I was left somewhat unsatisfied. I thought after seeing it that more should have been told about how the brothers fought against the Nazis, rather than spending so much time on the rift between them. I was somewhat bothered by the jump in the story, as if the narrator was saying, "so it continued for more than a year and then..." A lot must have happened during the year. What … more

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review by ZeeDan. July 08, 2009

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Over Wrought

The subject matter is incredible, brothers that saved over 1200 people during World War II. What an amazing fantastic strong story. The most powerful moment of this film, the still images of the brothers just before the credits roll. Beside those pictures appear what happened to each afterwards and about how they saved 1200 people, who went on to have hundreds of thousands of children. Incredible. This is just not a good movie in comparison to this fabulous history. At one … more

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review by gradyharp. June 06, 2009

'Our revenge is to live.'

This motto serves to sum the feelings of the Bielski brothers as they escape the horrors of the Nazi extermination of Jews in 1941. Adapted from Dr. Nechama Tec's book DEFIANCE: THE BIELSKI PARTISANS by director Edward Zwick and Clayton Frohman this film is as much about family devotion as it is about extended family. It is a touching story of survival under the most impossible conditions and a story of heroism that is far too unknown among even scholars of the WW II period. Set … more

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review by amoslassen. June 05, 2009

Tuvia and Zus

"Defiance" Tuvia and Zus Amos Lassen The three Bielski brothers were on the run and hiding in the forests of the then German occupied Poland and Byelorussia during World War II. They are forced to hunt for food and weapons so that they can survive. Their lives are racked with fear of discovery and they have to deal with the Soviets who are their neighbors and they have to know who they can trust as well as be responsible for taking … more

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review by Chris_Pandolfi. December 31, 2008

Survival of the Fittest

True to its advertising claims, "Defiance" tells a story I've never heard before: That of the Bielski Partisans, a Jewish rebellion from Poland that rallied against Nazi occupiers at the height of World War II. Originally founded by the remaining sons of the Bielski family, it soon ballooned into an organization consisting of thousands of people, all freed from local Jewish ghettos. They struggled to survive in the Belarussian forests, facing starvation, disease, and exposure to the elements. Their … more

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