8/10
Liked this one a lot. Two obvious things stood out - Kubrick's incredible eye for detail even in black and white, and Kirk Douglas' acting which was pitch-perfect. He had that right amount of seething, repressed anger that made you feel everything he was going through. Shouting "go to hell!" happens a zillion times in a zillion movies but when Douglas shouted it as part of his outburst towards the end of the film, it was damn near cathartic. The end of the movie, with the soldiers in the tavern, was unexpectedly poignant, a strange mix of something horrifying and tragic all at once.
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