Flags of Our Fathers

2006 • 2h 15m •

War Drama History

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★ 6.8/10

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There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

"A single shot can end the war."

Top Billed Cast

Ryan Phillippe

John 'Doc' Bradley

Jesse Bradford

Rene Gagnon

Adam Beach

Ira Hayes

John Benjamin Hickey

Keyes Beech

John Slattery

Bud Gerber

Barry Pepper

Mike Strank

Jamie Bell

Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski

Paul Walker

Hank Hansen

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R r96sk Verified TMDB Critic

2022-02-09

A nicely crafted war film.

I wasn't overly invested in what was happening onscreen, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I still found <em>'Flags of Our Fathers'</em> to be a very good and a very interesting story from the Battle of Iwo Jima.

It's a fascinating tale that it tells, which is definitely its strongest feature. As a whole I was very interested in it, individually I don't think it's as strong but as a collective it comes out nicely. Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach are the pick of the performers, though there are a load of familiar faces elsewhere - inclu...