MIDWAY is a WW2 epic that's about as good as it has any right to be given that the director is Roland Emmerich. It's one of those "does what it says on the tin" type movies in that it gets straight to the heart of the matter, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor and moving through the epic naval battle centred around the titular Pacific island. Emmerich's characters are cardboard cut-outs, but at least they're cut-outs occupied by an ensemble cast of familiar Hollywood stars, who have some talent to bring. The plot is lightweight but the action comes thick and fast and the CGI effects are certainly of a superior quality, generally convincing even when watched in high definition on a large television set. Expect plenty of drama, heroics and spectacle to keep the brain occupied, and if it's a little shallow for some tastes, you can rest assured that Emmerich has done much, much worse and that we're lucky to get this kind of standard from him.
Review of Midway
