The Great Raid

2005 • 132 minutes

About this movie

In the epic tradition of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, THE GREAT RAID is an inspirational true story of the most triumphant rescue mission in U.S. military history! As World War II rages, the elite 6th Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war. Under the command of Lt. Col. Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt -- TRAFFIC), the men of the 6th will face the unthinkable by attempting the impossible! Also featuring James Franco (SPIDER-MAN 1 & 2), Connie Nielsen (GLADIATOR), and Joseph Fiennes (SHAKESPEAKE IN LOVE), this gripping big- screen hit captures a moment in time when men of honor became soldiers of destiny!

Ratings and reviews

Amazing story on a unit who freed pows in a prison camp. Brave soldiers that never attempted such a huge rescue. That is true brotherhood, awsome deployment of a platoon of a new group of soldiers called Rangers. The elite of the US Army. Hooahh

Imperial Japanese fascists were brutal soldiers who RULED THE CITIES - but NOT in jungles controlled by partisans. Too bad we didn't learn from this in NAM.

story film about WWII. Also the Greatest Successful Rescue in the history of our nation's military. "Leave No-One Behind." Mic Cl;-)~ Ririe, Idaho