Dunkirk
(USA/UK/Netherlands/France,
106 min.)
Written and directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Kenneth
Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan, Aneurin Barnard, Tom
Glynn-Carney, Harry Styles
Tick, tick, tick, tick,
tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.
The clock keeps ticking in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. Every second counts in this intense
tour de force. Dunkirk is a pulse-pounding
drama that realises the evacuation of British soldiers at Dunkirk by land, air,
and sea. The film weaves together three narrative threads about the soldiers on
the beach, the civilians in the boats, and the fighters in the air as they all work
together to bring one another safely home. Breathless entertainment, Dunkirk is, but it’s foremost an
intricately crafted drama about the collective struggle in wartime.