The trailer for “Valkyrie” ain’t all that and a bag of chips, but it is an indication of an entertaining thriller, something that won’t clean up at the Oscars but will make for a decent film. Because the poster is pretty cool, I expected to get the same from the trailer, but when it comes to this film that I almost gave up on the prospect of seeing, I’m not complaining.
The poster is certainly better than I would have expected, there is a certain emptiness to it, a simple straightforwardness, that almost makes me forget about all its production woes that have caused most people to take a negative view on “Valkyrie” without having seen it – I am included in that group of people.
Based on a true story involving an assassination plot against Adolph Hitler, the film directed by Bryan Singer is set to open in the US on the 26th of December, starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy and Carice van Houten.