THE GREAT RAID is a GREAT movie!

It is rare to see a decent movie now a days about the WW 2 in the Philippines.Now came THE GREAT RAID.

 The movie is about a raid during the closing days of the war in a POW camp in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija..Calasiao was mentioned and so with Lingayen..Lingayen is the landing place of some American forces who came to liberate the Philippines.

The movie was VERY GOOD! I recommend it to anyone who would read this..It is described as old fashioned ( not much special effects ) but the suspense is well paced and the battle scene ( the only battle scene in the movie )  which serves as a climax in the end is  well- made and will keep the viewer cheering for the good guys!Cesar Montano had an important role in here..However..I feel dissapointed because I think the movie was NOT filmed in our country..From a website, I read that it was done in Australia ( some parts of OZ are similar in terrain to the Philippines)..I can only guess the reason why the Phil was avoided..It became recently too expensive here in our country..Too much red tape..too many people asking bribes for services..If you want to shoot for example some street scenes in Manila the demonstrators asking for the head of Gloria Arroyo will be on the way! A film company which spends a lot of money daily would prefer to shoot it somewhere else!..But I wont like to turn this article into a political thing.. Just go and see the movie: you will be glad you did!

This movie, unique in this era stars: Benjamin Bratt( Law and Order, Catwoman), Joseph Fiennes ( English Patient, Red Dragon, Maid in Manhattan ) and our own Cesar Montano.