After Top Gun: Maverick and a Chinese Top Gun copy, fighter aircraftenthusiasts have one more movie to look forward to. meet devotion a brandnew war film from Sony Pictures that is also coming to Dutch cinemas.
The film is set in 1950, during the Korean War. Tom Hudner and Jesse Brownreally found each other during their tough military training. Brown, played byJonathan Majors ( Loki ), has to continuously prove himself by his skincolor.
Devotion: True War Movie
Ultimately, both soldiers are selected for the air force. Jesse makes historyby becoming the first African American to fly for the Air Force, but the warwill test their strong friendship.
Jonathan Majors plays the leading role in devotion. Most fans will know the33-year-old actor as the main villain for the upcoming series of Marvelmovies. The new Thanos, you could say without exaggeration. His comrade, TomHudner, is played by Glen Powell, who we know from Top Gun: Maverick.
The war film is based on Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship andSacrifice , a book by American historian and author Adam Makos. In his bookhe tells the true and underexposed story, which Sony Pictures now eagerlyuses.
Young talent with a personal link
Directed by Justin Dillard, a young talent with only a few films on hisresume. His personal origin story makes it extremely suitable for _devotion_to adapt. He was raised as a so-called ‘ _navy brat ‘, _son of a naval flightofficer, also the second African-American pilot to fly for the Blue Angels, aUnited States Navy flight demonstration team.
Well, back to devotion. Sony Pictures has released a brand new trailer forthe war movie. With Erik Messerschmidt on board as cinematographer, you knowthat a film is going to look good, but the first images still make animpression. The best man won an Oscar last year for his work for limp , afilm by David Fincher. He often collaborates with the filmmaker. Also theNetflix series mindhunter is on his resume, for example.
Dutch cinemas and first reviews
We are immediately catapulted into the action, with bullets flying around anda quick introduction to the main characters. Fortunately, we don’t have towait long for a more extensive acquaintance: the war film will be shown inDutch cinemas from 1 December.
devotion has already premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. After 25reviews from critics, Rotten Tomatoes has a very decent score of 84 percent.“Devotion succeeds because it combines powerful acting with stunning visuals,not just relying on one or the other,” concludes Britany Murphy of DiscussingFilm.
All in all, it seems that Sony has one hell of a war film in its hands.Fortunately, we will be able to judge for ourselves in a few weeks. In themeantime, check out the top 10 best war films that you can now stream on Pathé