Valkyrie

Valkyrie is a 2008 historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. Written by Christopher McQuarrie, directed by Bryan Singer, and starring Tom Cruise, the film depicts the July 20, 1944 plot by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country.

A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler's own emergency plan--known as Operation Valkyrie--these men plot to assassinate the dictator and over-throw his Nazi government from the inside. With everything in place, with the future of the world, the fate of millions and the lives of his wife and children hanging in the balance, Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to the one who must kill Hitler himself.

Personally, I loved this movie. It moves at a descent pace without any unnecessary scenes and keeps you interested. Some people have criticized it for being boring at times, but all the conversations have importance and are rather interesting if you actually listen to them. I think the only flaw in the movie was that almost everyone, besides Hitler, had an an American accent. Besides that all the actors played their roles brilliantly.  I'd definitely recommend this movie to people.