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Yankee pilot Maj. Theodore Brice (Bill Paxton) crash-lands his jet in rural Belgium in the midst of World War II. Badly wounded, Brice crawls from the scene and takes cover in the wilderness. After a young boy leads him to the home of the leader of the Belgian Resistance, Henri Daussois (Philippe Volter), Brice plots to return to the wreckage to retrieve an essential Allied codebook. As Brice recovers from his injuries, he finds himself falling for Daussois' lovely wife, Claire (Julia Ormond).

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Resistance | Rotten Tomatoes (1) David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...suffers from a low-rent, sporadically simplistic vibe... Rated: 2/4 Jun 4, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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debie k Resistance is very predictable, and this type of movie has been done many times before and much better. It comes across as a low budget B film. The script is so weak that even Paxton (miscast) and Ormond couldn't breathe life into these poorly developed characters. The actions of the characters are not believable and the mediocre acting makes it even harder to tolerate the ridiculous dialog and silly choices the characters make. Did I mention plot holes? My husband walked out less than halfway through but I watched this slow-paced movie to the end, albeit with a bit of fast-forwarding. With so many better movies out there this is just not worth the time, In My Humble Opinion! July2020 (Also, be aware that about half of this movie is in French so it's subtitled) Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Frances H Very slow and rather dull downed US pilot hidden by the resistance during WWII story. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/31/13 Full Review Audience Member Resistance was futile (and a bit boring). Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member too romantic for WAr drama movie :) Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a nice film, decently made technically, the period detail isn't too bad. The acting is fine. The main problem with this movie is that it is very slow moving, downwright boring at times. It seemed endless. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member RESISTANCEA WWII drama set in Nazi-occupied Belgium in 1944 around the time of the Allied invasion. Shot on location. Good casting. The plot centers on the illicit romance between a downed American pilot and a married Belgian farm woman whose husband is a leader in the local resistance. It's a complicated situation fraught with danger at every turn and emotions run high. This could be a good story and seems credible with regard to any number of possible personal conflicts, rivalries and/or power struggles that might conceivably have existed between townspeople who had chosen to be collaborators, agents or double agents for either side, and who are more than a little anxious for the war to end and the invaders to go home so that they can pick up the normal threads of their lives. Even the tension that exists between the husband and wife seems credible. However, what is NOT believable in the very least is the characterization of Major Ted Brice. It just doesn't make any sense at all unless 1) the man was a complete doofus to begin with; or 2) when his plane crash landed he received a terribly hard hit on his head and forgot himself and his mission absolutely completely. As a highly-trained American officer and veteran of 31 important reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines, having been entrusted by his commanding officers with confidential codes and responsibility for the lives of his own flight crew and millions of troops on the move, for the most part Major Brice's behavior as portrayed is not just unprofessional and unethical but rash if not downright fool-hardy regarding his lust for this farm woman as if he were a love-sick teenager with raging hormones. I don't buy it. Still, he kind of redeems himself at the end of the movie, but I'm sure that there was a better way to handle his role. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Todd Komarnicki Director Bill Paxton Maj. Theodore 'Ted' Brice Julia Ormond Claire Daussois Sandrine Bonnaire Lucette Oomlop Philippe Volter Henri Daussois Jean-Michel Vovk Anthoine
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Synopsis Yankee pilot Maj. Theodore Brice (Bill Paxton) crash-lands his jet in rural Belgium in the midst of World War II. Badly wounded, Brice crawls from the scene and takes cover in the wilderness. After a young boy leads him to the home of the leader of the Belgian Resistance, Henri Daussois (Philippe Volter), Brice plots to return to the wreckage to retrieve an essential Allied codebook. As Brice recovers from his injuries, he finds himself falling for Daussois' lovely wife, Claire (Julia Ormond).

Director
Todd Komarnicki

Producer
Laurens Geels, Paige Simpson

Screenwriter
Todd Komarnicki

Production Co
First Floor Features

Rating
R (Some Sexuality|Violence)

Genre
Drama, Romance, War

Original Language
English

Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 1, 2009

Runtime
1h 32m

Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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