Flags of Our Fathers

Release Date: 2006-10-19

Rating: ⭐ 6.9/10 (1885 votes)

Genres: War, Drama, History

Overview: There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

Production: DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

🎭 Top Cast

Ryan Phillippe

as John 'Doc' Bradley

Jesse Bradford

as Rene Gagnon

Adam Beach

as Ira Hayes

John Benjamin Hickey

as Keyes Beech

John Slattery

as Bud Gerber

Barry Pepper

as Mike Strank

📝 User Reviews

r96sk

⭐ 8/10

Feb 09, 2022

A nicely crafted war film. I wasn't overly invested in what was happening onscreen, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I still found <em>'Flags of Our Fathers'</em> to be a very good and a very interesting story from the Battle of Iwo Jima. It's a fascinating tale that it tells, which is definitely its strongest feature. As a whole I was very interested in it, individually I don't think it's as strong but as a collective it comes out nicely. Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach are the pick of the performers, though there are a load of familiar faces elsewhere - including Paul Walker, John Slattery and Jamie Bell. Super intrigued to check out <em>'Letters from Iwo Jima'</em>, which Clint Eastwood & Co. released two months after this to serve as a companion piece. Hopefully that's as good as this.

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