Valkyrie Review

Just got to see the new Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie, it is based on the plot to kill Hitler by Germany Army Officers in 1944. As I came to movie with some knowledge of the history of that period, unlike the Day of Jackal, I knew that the French President was not assassinated in 1963, but some of the politics was fresh to me, unlike the War period. Thus with that caveat, here goes the review, it was not quite up there with the Day of the Jackal but quite close, the film showed how not to play out a coup, as one of the characters states in the film, the one thing that goes out of the window is a plan when the action starts. I found the script tight and the acting great, Mr Cruise really bought the Stauffenberg Plot alive, it also showed the weak points of the plot. If you no knowledge of the plot or the period this a good place to start, also the DVD has great extras, commentary and historical and film Documentaries.