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Devotion is a heartbreaking war epic.
Directed by J.D. Dillard from a screenplay by Jake Crane and Jonathan Stewart, Devotion is based on actual events during the Korean War. Heartbreaking and sincere, the film dives head-first into the lives of U.S. Navy fighter pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner, as well as their very attractive wingmen in the throes of danger.
A pointed scene where Jesse talks to himself in the mirror becomes a twisted form of daily affirmations that go astray. He hurls stereotypical racial rhetoric at himself, spouting out all the hate speech he has heard his entire life as a way to build up confidence for impending test missions. It works. The danger becomes a genuine reality when the squadron gets to the Korean peninsula.
With his role as astronaut John Glenn in Hidden Figures, his portrayal of Hangman in Top Gun: Maverick, and now his embodiment of Tom Hudner, Glen Powell seems to have a penchant for playing airmen. Suave and cocky, Powell's take on Tom is well acted and feverishly entertaining. Dillard's direction is at the peak of his career, in the first blockbuster movie on his resume that begs to be seen in IMAX. But it's Jonathan Majors who stands out in Devotion.
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