A Different War: Hart's War In some ways, Hart's War appears like just another WW2 prisoner of war movie genre that has given us classics like The Great Escape and Stalag 17 (not to mention "Hogan's Heroes"). But there's more to Gregory Hoblit's film than initially meets the eye. In addition to dealing with the ins-and-outs of surviving in a Nazi prison camp during the latter months of the war, the film confronts racism in the …showed first 75 words of 840 total…

…showed last 75 words of 840 total…courtroom aspects, and the issues of honor, racism, and redemption. This is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences (there are a few of those, but not many), and it's all the stronger because of it. In terms of presenting a story that is both intelligent and involving, Hart's War is considerably better than the average fare movie-goers are subjected to during the month of February.