Movie Review

“TORA!TORA! TORA!,” yelled the Japanese commander, signaling the Japanese pilots to attack. With those three words, the Japanese began to assail the island of Pearl Harbor with their bombs.
The film TORA! TORA! TORA! is boring and the acting is banal, however it is an extremely accurate portrayal of a historic event. This movie claims to be one of the most spectacular action films ever made. It stars James Robards as General Short, and was nominated for 5 Academy Awards. The movie begins with the Japanese plotting their strategy for their coming attack on America and then switches back and forth between events in America and Japan prior to the attack. The second half of the movie is when the action begins with the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The reason this film bored me was because more than one half of the film was spent on pure dialog, no action or anything to really keep me engrossed. Also, the only recognizable actor in the film was Jason Robards and most of the acting was poorly done. However, for this movie having been made in 1970, the action scenes during the actual attack on Pearl Harbor were somewhat realistic.
I cannot recommend this film for entertainment purposes, but if you are looking for a movie that is directly related to this historical event and is accurate with it’s facts, then TORA!TORA!TORA! is the film you are looking for.