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Bookmark this pageMidnight Eagle (2007)
Director: Izuru Narushima
Movie review
From Time Out New York
A secret military plane carrying a nuclear warhead crash-lands in Japan’s northern Alps and threatens to shower Tokyo with radiation. Gripping? Not in this film, which trades nail-biting squeakers for lugubrious melodrama and manages to defuse any promising moments with bad pacing and bloated conversations. Everyone is honorable to the point of laughter—our ad hoc heroes call themselves “the self-defense force,” while the prime minister apologizes to the son of a man just sentenced to death. Thrillers are no place for politeness.Author: Stephen Garrett
Time Out New York Issue 634: November 22-28, 2007
Cast & crew
Director: Izuru Narushima
Cast: Takao Osawa, Yuko Takeuchi, Hiroshi Tamaki full cast
Duration: 131 mins
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