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Defiance 150x150 Defiance (2008)Passion gap

It’s a curious thing – while there’s no doubting the talent of director Edward Zwick, he followed his film The Last Samurai (2003) with Blood Diamond (2006) which seemed largely bereft of passion and the same, unfortunately, must be said of Defiance (2008). Despite its inspiring source material (Nechama Tec’s true-life account of the struggle against the Nazis, Defiance: The Bielski Partisans) this doesn’t quite deliver.

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