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The life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who joined the armed forces during the second world war. Only to be captured by the Japanese navy after a plane crash in the Pacific.

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

This is an adaptation of the book. Angelina Jolie has done a great job with this movie. Not one dull moment in the 2 hr plus production. Cinematography was also excellent.

Although the movie ends with his coming home and being greeted by family, the final clips are actual pictures of Mr. Zamperini with text chronology of events following the his return home. Mr. Zamperini died in 2014.

While it would have extended the movie, probably the real end story was the after effects of war and how it can bring an individual to rock bottom. A perchance attendance at a Billy Graham crusade and the transformation that made in his life and the way he finished would have been an equally compelling story.

This movie is definitely worth your time and money.

Rating: 5 out of 5