Valkyrie: An edge-of-the seat thriller

First the correct pronunciation - it's wall curry. I didn't get it until i went to see the movie; so, relax if u are still twisting your tongue around it. Now the verdict - fantastic fare that deserves your two hours of the busy weekend.

As a director, what would you do if you get a fairly straight plot, not the glittering line up of stars, and same-old, hackneyed World War II plot to set your movie in. Well, you direct your movie bloody well. And that's what Valkyrie comes out - a bloody well directed movie. With Tom Cruise as the one-eyed, Colonel Clauss von Stauffenberg, who plots to kill history's one-of-the-most hated dictators and destiny's favorite child, Adolf Hitler - the Fuhrer, and save his country from going down the drain, the film revolved around the plot to kill. With tight and nail-biting plots where the protagonist comes close to being caught, the film is backed by a smart script and solid screenplay. As Colonel Stauffenberg resolutely goes about executing the plan, the first few hours after the assassination attempt are such tense and edge-of-the-seat affairs, it draws oohs-and-aahs from the audience, acknowledging how some of the decisions made in pressure went on to change history; how a simple Yes instead of No could have changes the world forever. The film is able to fully capture the viewers' mindspace and makes you glued to your seat till the very end.

To accompany Tom Cruise, there are old warhorses like Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy (seen as Captain Devy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean). Director, Bryan Singer, who gave us Oscar winners like Usual Suspects is in great form and delivers a great effort. It's hard to say if it'll be in Oscar's race but it can certainly come close to nominations.

The movie has not been publicized much, and there were hardly 40 people in the theater we went to watch it. However, everyone was left mesmerized by the movie. So my advice would be -- Go watch it, it's worth it!