The image that's usually presented of Nazi Germany is a country that blindly followed the little tyrant Adolf Hitler without question. The truth is that there was no total iron fist that brainwashed the entire populace. Valkyrie is the story of the last attempt to assassinate Hitler and take control of the German government during the final year of World War II. The film stars Tom Cruise as Col. Stauffenberg, an extremely idealistic officer in the German army that is against the action of the Fuhrer even before he is seriously maimed while fighting in North Africa. When he returns to the Fatherland he is approached to participate in the conspiracy against Hitler that involves his assassination and the take over of the German government based on a plan that Hitler himself approved called Valkyrie.Well, we all know how this film is going to end. That doesn't mean that it's predictable and cliched. The film keeps you very interested as it follows this daring plan that is really grand in scale. Cruise's performance is a little stiff in this one, but his associates make up foe it particularly Bill Nighy and Terrence Stamp.
Bryan Singer delivers a film that isn't too long and pretentious. It almost feels a little under pretentious which is an achievement in this category of drama. Overall, this is a very good film that tries to avoid the bear traps of its genre.
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