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Darkest Hour - Movie Review

Double Feature

The first part of my double feature on April 4 was Darkest Hour. I have been putting this movie off for a while now but decided it was worth a watch today. Before getting judgmental, this was a free movie from my upherewards.com (Universal Pictures). Many Universal movies come with a digital code for the movie you purchased and an additional code that gives you a credit to a limited number of movies. The list of about five movies rotates every six to eight months.

I admit there are some digital movies that I have purchased on sale that I have put off watching. This starts to show more of an addition vs a collection attitude. I don't recommend this type of collecting but there are also worse things to spend you money on. My family benefits from my collection and are the reason I get at least a quarter if not half of my digital movies.

Review

The story is not what I was expecting but is interesting none the less. The movie is about Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister. I would recommend watching Dunkirk after this movie. Both movies came out in 2017 from different movie studios but I feel Dunkirk would compliment this movie. 

Gary Oldman is hardly recognizable in this movie which goes to show how good an actor he is. The movie gives you a look at the pressures put on Churchill during WWII and a little of the politics involved during that time. Ben Medelsohn portrays King George VI. Many may know him from Rogue One and Ready Player One. I found it refreshing to actually like one of his characters who was not a villain. 

Rating

I would rate this a weak HD movie. It is worth picking up for under $5. I picked up my free HD copy from UPHE Rewards.

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