Allied misses the mark

Ian Murdock

Special to the Village News

Having seen the clips for Allied – yet another film centered around WW2 and efforts to stop the Germans – I had pretty high hopes, considering it starred Brad Pitt, as well as a refreshing new face (at least to me), Marion Cotillard.

With a spy theme as the backdrop, terrible graphic violence was not something I was overly concerned about – and the story did not disappoint in that vein.

However, though I consider myself far more patient than most in allowing a plot to develop, the writer and director excelled in pushing viewers to their limit in that cat...