Review of Allied (2016) by Dawdlingpoet — 24 Nov 2021

This film is quite tense once the main plot gets going (the pace is a little slow at first) but the main appeal, to me, was the cinematography, with some decent swooping camera angles and the like. The main theme of spying or secrecy kept me intrigued for most of the film, although the two main characters did feel to me a little flat after a while but there are some good action scenes and it was certainly an entertaining watch regardless.

I should mention that it is quite raunchy at times, with some nudity shown, so its not suitable for kids but then thats why it has a 15 rating in the UK, which seemed fair to me, not only for the sexual scenes but also in terms of the mass war related violence, with multiple gunshot scenes and the like.

If I had to pick the better performance between the two main actors, I'd say that Marion Cotillard gives the better one.

This is worth a watch but it isnt perfect either - its a decent enough war film with romance being one of the main sub-genres. Somewhere between satisfactory and good, so I'll go for a 3.5 star rating.