Movie; Allied (2016) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Allied

Came out; 2016

Time; 2 Hour 4 Minutes

Watched on; Amazon

Rating; R for violence, some sexuality/nudity, language and brief drug use

IMDB Rating; 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes Score;

Tomatoemeter: 61%.

Average Rating: 6.2/10.

Reviews Counted: 196.

Fresh; 120.

Rotten: 76.

67% Liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Staring;

Brad Pitt as Max Vatan

Marion Cotillart as Marianne Beausejour

Vincent Ebrahim as Desert Driver

Xavier De Guillebon as Glaude

Camille Cottin as Monique

Michael McKell as German Office at Anfa Café

Vincent Latorre as Vincent

Storyline;

In the middle of World War II, in turbulent 1942, a plane flies over Morocco and drops a Royal Canadian Air Force paratrooper who comes in to land on a drop zone, somewhere in the desert dunes outside Casablanca. Just in time before anyone notices him, the fearless Wing Commander Max Vatan gets in a car and heads to the town with orders to meet Parisian Marianne Beauséjour, a skillful member of the French Resistance. On a mission to assassinate the German Ambassador in Casablanca, the two operatives must convince every one of their true feelings as a married couple, while in the background, they need to make the necessary preparations for the critical soirée. Without delay, after the success of this suicide mission, Max and Marianne flee together to England with plans on marrying and making a family, regardless of the war.

Thoughts;

The movie starts out with Brad Pitt’s character in the desert. He is picked up by a car and told what his wife is wearing. He then meets Marianne at a local bar.

Turns out, they are just meeting to do a few jobs. Of course in true movie fashion, they fall in love, get married and have a baby.  Turns out she may be a German spy. Max is given instructions on what to do, then told if she is a spy, then he will either kill her or be killed.

The movie ends with Max, Marianne and their daughter Anna trying to escape. She kills herself and then the movie ends with a letter she wrote to her daughter.

My husband decided this was going to be the movie to watch. It was long, drawn out and so very boring! Yes, it was a love story, also a spy and war movie. Uggg….it just wasn’t good (in my opinion).