Directed by Werner Herzog
Staring Christian Bale, Steve Zahn & Jeremy Davis
Rating MA
Score 6/6

Based on the story of Dieter Dangler a U.S fighter piolt who was shot down over Laos and taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese and escaped from a POW camp deep in the jungles of Laos.

Rescue Dawn is a controversial movie. Most of the controversy surrounds the objections by the relatives of Eugene DeBruin over his portrayal by Jeremy Davis as an unstable man who threatened to jeopardize his fellow prisoners chance of escape. What we need to keep in mind is that this is Director Werner Herzog’s account of Dieter Dangler’s story. Rescue Dawn was shot beautifull by Director of Photography Peter Zeitlinger. But what really amazed me was the performance by Steve Zahn who shed his image as a comic buffon and demonstrated a tremondous depth of character as Duane Martin.