Allied is a very old fashioned movie and
that’s a good thing. It’s a war movie/ love story/ mystery/ thriller. The
characters are beautiful – hot, smoldering with simmering emotions. The times
are fraught with danger. The backdrop is slinky hot and classy. Everything
builds slowly and you have to watch and invest your time and emotions.
It’s 1942 North Africa. Who emerges in the desert but Brad
Pitt as Max Vatan. He’s driven into Casablanca with a new identity and a
shiny wedding band. Shades of the movie Casablanca, he walks into a bar
dressed to the nines and meets his new “wife” Marianne Beausejour (played by
the stunning Marion Cottillard) . They are matched for a mission and oh the
sparks slowly fly. This is a movie with repartee, slow burning glances,
and hot steamy nights. They do manage to blow up some Nazis (no I’m not
giving away the movie), and then high tail it back to London.
Are they in love? Do they marry? Is she a German
spy?
Oops – well, are two out of three okay?
This movie kept me guessing until the end and I won’t give
it away. I enjoyed the buildup and anticipation a lot. Despite
being a war movie, this is not a big bang ‘em up showy mess. Instead it’s a
slow burn and Brad and Marion are a worthy pair. Give yourself some time
in a day and enjoy Allied.
