In fact, much of the worst brutality is committed while audiences see only the upset expressions of fellow soldiers. The movie includes a very emotional scene in which you see a friend of Eric reciting the 23rd Psalm while watching Eric be beaten to a pulp. While the movie seems to say that Eric’s love for Patti enabled him to forgive, for most people such astounding forgiveness is made possible by God’s demonstration of forgiveness through Jesus Christ. The result, as shown in THE RAILWAY MAN, is healing: Miraculous healing! Rare is the movie, however, that shows justified hatred can simply be laid down and put behind us. A very popular theme in violent action movies is justified revenge.
The great lesson is that forgiveness empowers people to let go of justified hate and bitterness. He goes to Burma seeking some kind of closure through revenge.Įric’s stamina, decency and honesty during the war are inspirational enough for a whole movie, but (SPOILERS FOLLOW) but his willingness to forgive lifts the story even higher. Finally, Eric receives a news story showing that his primary Japanese tormentor now works at a museum in Burma that draws BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI tourists. When the radio’s discovered, the Japanese single out Eric for intense torture.Ĭut to the 1980s, where Patti seeks the help of some of Eric’s fellow soldiers to learn how she can help her husband. Broadcasts heard on secret radio tell of Allied progress in the war, building the moral of the surviving prisoners. Eric is taken to participate in the building of the Burma-Siam Railway, the same project featured in the classic movie THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI.Īn engineer, Eric managed to build a radio with parts either smuggled out of Singapore or stolen from the Japanese. The movie includes many flashbacks to the period when Eric (played by Jeremy Irvine) was among the British taken captive during the surrender of Singapore to the Japanese. Their romance leads to marriage, but with it comes the realization that Eric has horrible dreams and fits because of his brutal mistreatment during World War II. The movie opens with Eric (Colin Firth) meeting and falling in love with Patti (Nicole Kidman). Extreme caution is advised only for the scenes of brutality and torture that set up the movie’s gloriously redemptive ending. Content:īased on a true story, THE RAILWAY MAN is a gut-wrenching tale of wartime atrocities, post-war emotional agony and a miraculous cure. THE RAILWAY MAN is not the kind of movie that’s going to top the box office charts or even come to your local multiplex, but it’s certainly worth seeing and a must for anyone struggling to forgive. THE RAILWAY MAN warrants an extreme caution from Movieguide® only because of the Japanese atrocities and a suicide.
The result, shown in THE RAILWAY MAN, is healing. Rare is the movie that shows justified hatred can simply be laid down and overcome by forgiveness. Back in the 1980s, Eric hears that his primary Japanese tormentor now works at a museum in Burma that draws BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI tourists. Caught building a radio, Eric is singled out for intense torture. Flashbacks show Eric as a British engineer taken captive by the Japanese and forced to participate in building the Burma-Siam Railway. Their romance leads to marriage, but with it comes the realization that Eric is haunted by his brutal mistreatment during World War II. THE RAILWAY MAN opens with Eric meeting and falling in love with Patti.
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