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Greyhound - Movie Review

Second Look

I definitely gave Apple TV streaming service a harsh review with due cause. With my free year subscription running out, I decided to take a second look and a third look. I was hopeful with the new Amazing Stories series as I grew up with the original by Steven Spielberg but I was again not impressed. Recently, I decide to watch the Apple TV movie Greyhound with Tom Hanks. Finally, I can say I watch something with a well know star that was actually good.

Review

I know this is a paid for service but if you want to use the free 7 day trial, I highly recommend you watch this movie. Unfortunately, I had issues just streaming the movie on my iPad without the app crashing. Fortunately, I was able to download the movie and watch it without any issues. My guess is the everyone was trying to watch it the same time I was and the service was not prepared for the volume but this is a guess on my part.

I am unclear how much of the movie was digital but with only a few locations, I feel they told an excellent story about Captain Ernest Krause during WWII. Tom delivers a great performance. This is one of the better war movies I have seen in the past few years. There are scenes where there are no words spoken but volumes understood by the visuals. It was quite refreshing to watch a movie with so much action and without all the shaky camera affects that so many filmmakers use now.

Rating

I would give this a solid if not high HD rating. If Apple releases this movie for purchase, I would definitely pick it up for under $10. I will update if this movie does come out for purchase but I am afraid that many of these paid for services will keep their good movies for only their streaming service customers.

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