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What an absolutely incredible film! I was really surprised how good it turned out to be. I knew I was going to like it anyway but I wasn't really predicting it to be amazing. I loved this film a lot because the story is really interesting and is very gripping to me. I was attracted to all of the characters and the way it was filmed. Defiance is an absolutely fantastic action film as well as a true story and bio-pic. The action involved is really hard-hitting and sudden. The action is almost the same kind but I loved it that way because the action was non-stop and very entertaining. To me, Defiance is a film that is really well told for a true story as I'm sure the novel is too. This is a film that is full of drama but it is full of desirable pride and courage to stand up to the bad people in the world.
After the disappointing Quantum Of Solace, Daniel Craig has brought my attention to him again now after seeing Defiance because it was great seeing him in action again with at least a decent story this time. Craig portrays Tuvai Bielski with a terrific performance. Tuvai is the oldest of the four Bielski brothers and because he started to build up the group of Jews living in the woods he became the leader of the group as well. Daniel Craig's accent was okay but did quite a tiny bit annoying at times. It was really weird hearing a British man speak an Eastern European accent and I haven't heard him speak like that before in a film. Liev Schreiber was good as Zus Bielski but he was the most troublemaking one of the brothers because he was always fighting with Tuvai over the problems regarding the large amount of Jews in the woods may cause. Jamie Bell is really awesome as well as Asrael who is the third Bielski brother. Bell portrays a man who died rather young during a battle in WWII just after the events that occurred in this film. This film introduced Mia Wasikowska as Chaya who was the love interest of Asael Bielski. Wasikowska is going to make an even bigger name for herself in the upcoming Tim Burton film Alice In Wonderland when she portrays Alice.
Edward Zwick is a director that I have always admired for making epic war stories true or untrue. His work in Defiance was a lot like how he directed The Last Samurai but it is more realistic in Defiance and I found the storyline more exciting. Zwick has created an absolutely marvelous epic that I loved from start to finish and found impactful throughout every seond of it. The script was adapted into two different things in two brilliant ways: the novel and the true life story of the characters. For the past three Zwick films, he has had three actors playing three different kinds of characters: Tom Cruise (The Last Samurai), Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond) and Daniel Craig (Defiance).
This film was nominated for 1 Oscar: Best Music Original Score but lost to Slumdog Millionaire. It was nomianted for that same award at the Golden Globes but lost to Slumdog Millionaire. Defiance is an absolutely fantastic film that I find to be the best film of 2009 so far. It is Daniel Craig's best performance since Casino Royale. Mia Wasikowska was introduced really well in this film as Chaya. Can't wait to see her in Alice In Wonderland!! I am unsure what the best Edward Zwick film is between Defiance and Blood Diamond but one thing for sure is that they're both fantastic achievements.
8/10
