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8th Feb '13 11:02:59 PM erforce

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To End All Wars is a Film by David L. Cunningham based on the Autobiographical novel, "Through the Valley of the Kwai" It takes place in one of many P.O.W camps run by the Japanese in Thailand during WorldWarII. It starred Kiefer Sutherland, RobertCarlyle, Ciarán [=McMenamin=], as well as actors from AkiraKurosawa 's troupe, such as Sakae Kimura and Masayuki Yui.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Because the majority of the actors and extras would have been unable to endure the conditions of the real camp, they look a fair bit healthier than they should have. 
* AuthorFilibuster The narrator (who is also the main Character and author of the book, Ernest Gordon), opines about mercy, justice, and forgiveness a fair bit. 
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The earliest cuts of the film left audiences numb and unable to disucss the themes that drove the creation of the movie. The film was edited and some scenes changed to avoid this in the final release, and the Director's Cut [[{{bowdlerise}} edited it even further.]] 
* DisproportionateRetribution A missing shovel results in someone being beaten to paralysis. [[spoiler:As it turns out, the person who was beaten initially wasn't even responsible for the shovel being lost. It was a miscount. The miscounter did not go unpunished.]]
* TheEmpire: World Ward II era Japan, of course. 
* FatSlob: Noguchi, in contrast with noble samurai, Ito. 
* POWCamp: All but about 7 or 8 minutes of the film take place in one.
* PragmaticAdaptation: There were some [[CompositeCharacter composite characters]] to save money on casting, and one character SparedByAdaptation because the violence of the initial cut was [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy too intense for viewers to take in the message]]. 
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Ito is shown to be brutal, but noble. He does not take part in partying or use of the comfort women, and when he mistakenly beats the wrong man for the shovel incident, he is visibly shaken. He also [[spoiler:sheds a tear after crucifying Dusty, when the latter took the place of Ian Campbell.]]

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17th Nov '12 3:22:29 PM onlybobtheduck