Anthropoid
Josef Gabčík and Jan Kubis are two soldiers from the Czechoslovakian army-in-exile. Their homeland is occupied. And the main aim of them is to assassinate SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. On their way to complete the mission, many dangers as well as difficulties are waiting for them.
31 March 1978, Ceské Budejovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
22 June 1973, Milanówek, Mazowieckie, Poland
20 April 1889, Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
22 May 1979, Trencín, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
15 April 1966, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
25 May 1976, Douglas, Cork, Ireland
January1945, London, England, UK
7 September 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
4 October 1979, Plzen, Czechoslovakia
13 October 1979, Berlin, Germany
5 October 1955, Ratingen, Germany
31 July 1977, Frýdlant v Cechách, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
19 January 1966, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
17 November 1983, London, England, UK
7 October 1900, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
21 December 1973, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
7 March 1904, Halle an der Saale, Germany
1 May 1982, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
29 July 1883, Predappio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
December 28, 2016
In its final half-hour, it soars.
August 12, 2016
Though Anthropoid lacks narrative ambition, the film justifies its reason for being thanks to a devastating final half-hour.
August 12, 2016
A post-script details the aftermath of the movie's action, which seems to underscore the point that war is hell. To that point, so is "Anthropoid."
December 28, 2016
Ellis has a real flair for action -- the assassination scene is heart-stopping -- but patchy accents, strange pacing and an overstretched budget nearly scupper proceedings. Shame, because there are moments of chilling beauty.
January 31, 2017
Watching Ellis' version of the assassination of SS General Reinhard Heydrich is at various moments frustrating, maddening and revolting.
August 18, 2016
The movie builds - something infinitely preferable to a bold, brash beginning followed by a descent into anti-climax.
August 12, 2016
Anthropoid reduces a riveting and resonant piece of WW2 history to moral muddle and monotonous filmmaking. Talk about an opportunity missed.
January 19, 2017
There are some twists and turns in this grim wartime tale both before and after the assassination plot is finally carried out. The acting is solid, as are the production values of this well-constructed film.
December 20, 2016
Sometimes the tone chosen to tell a story can end up collapsing. And here is added the director's lack of talent. [Full review in Spanish]
August 12, 2016
While it's easy to sneer at the romantic subplot, it serves to humanize the characters and convey their intense fear. Otherwise we know too little about them - beyond the fact they are all impossibly good-looking.
December 20, 2016
A film that relies on a competent cast, but suffers from a rather simplistic look at the murderous ferocity of the Nazis and paints its soldiers as a large bunch of incompetent robots. [Full review in Spanish]
August 12, 2016
A lot of the time the experience of the movie is like looking at a very long wobbly rectangle, and the frequently abrupt cutting doesn't help.
